Web-Based Patient-Reported Outcomes for ENT Patients-Evaluation of the Status Quo, Patients' View, and Future Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) assess disease burden and indicate unmet needs. Home-based electronic PRO measures (ePROMs) can support tumor aftercare (TAC). Creating an ePROM is the next step after implementing the software "OncoFunction" to assess PROs during TAC of head- and neck-cancer patients (HNC). Therefore, internet use and perception on ePROMs of ENT and TAC patients were evaluated.

Methods

From May-July 2020, ENT patients at a high-volume outpatient department aged >18 without need for emergency treatment were invited to complete a questionnaire concerning internet use and access, hardware, and opinion on the chances, requirements, and designs of ePROMs.

Results

415 questionnaires were evaluated; 46.3% of the respondents visited the common co

SUBMITTER: Wald T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature