Clinical Decision Support for Symptom Management in Lung Cancer Patients: A Group RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Clinical guidelines are available to enhance symptom management during cancer treatment but often are not used in the practice setting. Clinical decision support can facilitate the implementation and adherence to clinical guidelines. and improve the quality of cancer care.

Objectives

Clinical decision support offers an innovative approach to integrate guideline-based symptom management into oncology care. This study evaluated the effect of clinical decision support-based recommendations on clinical management of symptoms and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) among outpatients with lung cancer.

Methods

Twenty providers and 179 patients were allotted in group randomization to attention control (AC) or Symptom Assessment and Management Intervention (SAMI) a

SUBMITTER: Cooley ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9194912 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature