Feasibility and acceptance of electronic monitoring of symptoms and syndromes using a handheld computer in patients with advanced cancer in daily oncology practice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2425-2434

  Blum, D ^a,e   Koeberle, D ^a   Omlin, A ^a   Walker, J ^a,g   Von Moos, R ^b   Mingrone, W ^c   DeWolf Linder, S ^a   Hayoz, S ^d   Kaasa, S ^e   Strasser, F ^a   Ribi, K ^f  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Chur   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS GROUP FOR CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH SAKK   (Switzerland)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f IBCSG Coordinating Center   (Switzerland)

^g ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical benefit; Computer; Feasibility; Symptomassessment

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; GESTAGEN; IRINOTECAN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PROKINETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CACHEXIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTRONIC MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DISEASE COURSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOFTWARE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84906303019     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2201-8     Document Type: Article

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