Feasibility study on collecting patient-reported outcomes from breast cancer patients using the LINE-ePRO system.

ABSTRACT: Due to the increasing complexity of cancer treatment, ensuring safety and maintaining the quality of life during treatment are important issues. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in oncology are essential for assessing patient symptoms. A feasibility study was undertaken on breast cancer patients by building a PRO data collection system based on LINE, one of the most popular social network service applications in Japan. In this study, one or more predefined PRO questions for each breast cancer patient's clinical situation were sent to the patient's LINE application daily. The patient selected a predefined answer by tapping the screen, but no free-text answers were allowed. Seventy-three patients were enrolled. The median observation period was 435 days (84-656 days), and the total number of

SUBMITTER: Hayashida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature