A pilot intervention of using a mobile health app (ONC Roadmap) to enhance health-related quality of life in family caregivers of pediatric patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Roadmap mobile health (mHealth) app was developed to provide health-related quality of life (HRQOL) support for family caregivers of patients with cancer.

Methods

Eligibility included: family caregivers (age ≥18 years) who self-reported as the primary caregiver of their pediatric patient with cancer; patients (age ≥5 years) who were receiving cancer care at the University of Michigan. Feasibility was calculated as the percentage of caregivers who logged into ONC Roadmap and engaged with it at least twice weekly for at least 50% of the 120-day study duration. Feasibility and acceptability was also assessed through a Feasibility and Acceptability questionnaire and the Mobile App Rating Scale to specifically assess app-quality. Exploratory analyses were al

SUBMITTER: Koblick SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902233 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature