Efficacy of an Integrated Mobile Application System for Patients with Radiation Therapy: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: The use of IT applications for patients undergoing radiotherapy is limited. This study aimed to develop an integrated system for communication between patients and radiation oncologists using IT technology and report the first test results for the system "Assisted Radiation Oncology Mobile Application" (AROMA). This system consisted of a manager program, a server running on a PC, and a mobile application on a smartphone. A prospective survey was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of this system from October 2020 to January 2021. The survey consisted of a specific questionnaire on basic information and application use by the patients. The management program was designed such that the user (doctor) edits the treatment schedule, member (patient and doctor) information, self-management, dise

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature