Connected Health: Cancer Symptom and Quality-of-Life Assessment Using a Tablet Computer: A Pilot Study

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-197

  Aktas, Aynur ^a,b   Hullihen, Barbara ^a,b   Shrotriya, Shiva ^a,b   Thomas, Shirley ^a,b   Walsh, Declan ^a,b,c   Estfan, Bassam ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cancer; connected health; patient reported outcomes; quality of life; symptoms; tablet computer

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922751441     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113510963     Document Type: Article

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