TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer symptom control
T2 - Feasibility of a tailored, interactive computerized program for patients
AU - Wilkie, Diana J.
AU - Huang, Hsiu Ying
AU - Berry, Donna L.
AU - Schwartz, Anna
AU - Lin, Yu Chuan
AU - Ko, Nai Ying
AU - Chen, Angela
AU - Gralow, Julie
AU - Lindsley, Skyler K.
AU - Fitzgibbon, Dermot
PY - 2001/10
Y1 - 2001/10
N2 - This study evaluated the feasibility of an innovative computerized symptom assessment tool, Symptom-Report, and a computerized, tailored education tool, SymptomConsult, in a sample of 41 outpatients with cancer. After patients completed the computerized programs, an audiotaped telephone interview was conducted to assess patients' impressions. The study found that patients required less than 40 minutes on average to complete SymptomReport. The mean acceptability score was high 11 ± 2. The 12 patients who completed SymptomConsult did so in an average of 20 minutes. The majority of participants indicated that the computer programs were easy, enjoyable, and informative tools. Initial formative research supports further study of these feasible computerized programs.
AB - This study evaluated the feasibility of an innovative computerized symptom assessment tool, Symptom-Report, and a computerized, tailored education tool, SymptomConsult, in a sample of 41 outpatients with cancer. After patients completed the computerized programs, an audiotaped telephone interview was conducted to assess patients' impressions. The study found that patients required less than 40 minutes on average to complete SymptomReport. The mean acceptability score was high 11 ± 2. The 12 patients who completed SymptomConsult did so in an average of 20 minutes. The majority of participants indicated that the computer programs were easy, enjoyable, and informative tools. Initial formative research supports further study of these feasible computerized programs.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003727-200110000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00003727-200110000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 11563944
AN - SCOPUS:0035488774
SN - 0160-6379
VL - 24
SP - 48
EP - 62
JO - Family and Community Health
JF - Family and Community Health
IS - 3
ER -