Electronic patient-reported outcomes (e-PROMs) in palliative cancer care: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In palliative oncology settings, electronic patient-reported outcome (PRO) assessment can play an important role in supporting clinical activities for clinicians and patients. This scoping review aims to map the technological innovation of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (e-PROMs) in cancer palliative care and how PRO data collected through e-PROMs can influence the monitoring and management of symptoms and enable better communication between health professionals and patients.

Methods

A scoping review study was designed according to the Arksey and O'Malley framework. Medline, Embase, Web of Science, SCOPUS, PsycINFO and CINAHL and gray literature sources were consulted. The inclusion criteria were people over 18 years old receiving palliative and/or e

SUBMITTER: Consolo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9500127 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature