Cancer Clinicians' Views Regarding an App That Helps Patients With Cancer Meet Their Information Needs: Qualitative Interview Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients with cancer have unmet information needs during the course of the illness. Smart devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, provide an opportunity to deliver information to patients remotely. We aim to develop an app intervention to help patients with cancer meet their illness-related information needs in noninpatient settings. In addition to the in-depth exploration of the issues faced by the target users of a potential intervention, it is important to gain an understanding of the context in which the intervention will be used and the potential influences on its adoption. As such, understanding the views of clinicians is key to the successful implementation of this type of app in practice. Additionally, clinicians have an awareness of their patient

SUBMITTER: Richards R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8138703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature