Development and Pilot of a Home-Based Symptom Self-Management Solution
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University of Washington, United States
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Caracal, Inc., United States
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University of Arizona, United States
Telehomecare and telemonitoring applications have been developed for chronic conditions such as heart failure, diabetes, and hypertension, but such applications in oncology are rare. The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot a system for empowering patient self-management among persons with breast cancer. The system allows patients to report symptom severities at home on Web and over phone, and alert providers when severity scores exceeded thresholds. Based on a systematic literature review, input from patients, caregivers, and providers, and feedback from an interdisciplinary Steering Committee, a prototype was developed. In the pilot study (N=18), each patient was assigned randomly to experience either the intervention or usual care (control group) with their first treatment cycle. During the second treatment cycle, the patient was crossed over to the other arm. There was a trend toward greater acceptance of the solution by those with greater symptoms. Though still in development, pilot results suggest that the solution has the potential to empower patient self-management and ultimately delivers better patient outcomes.
Conference:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Abstracts
Citation:
Cook
K,
Yang
D and
López
AM
(2009). Development and Pilot of a Home-Based Symptom Self-Management Solution.
Front. Neuroeng.
Conference Abstract:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.024
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Received:
19 Mar 2009;
Published Online:
19 Mar 2009.
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Correspondence:
Karon Cook, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, karonc2@u.washington.edu