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Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: During and after systemic therapy, patients with high risk and advanced melanoma experience challenges regarding cancer-related symptoms, treatment-related adverse events, and an impact of these symptoms on their physical and psychosocial well-being. Few studies have investigated the spe...

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Autores principales: Fraterman, Itske, Glaser, Savannah L. C., Wilgenhof, Sofie, Medlock, Stephanie K., Mallo, Henk A., Cornet, Ronald, van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V., Boekhout, Annelies H.
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9119379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35589878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-07133-z
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author Fraterman, Itske
Glaser, Savannah L. C.
Wilgenhof, Sofie
Medlock, Stephanie K.
Mallo, Henk A.
Cornet, Ronald
van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V.
Boekhout, Annelies H.
author_facet Fraterman, Itske
Glaser, Savannah L. C.
Wilgenhof, Sofie
Medlock, Stephanie K.
Mallo, Henk A.
Cornet, Ronald
van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V.
Boekhout, Annelies H.
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description BACKGROUND: During and after systemic therapy, patients with high risk and advanced melanoma experience challenges regarding cancer-related symptoms, treatment-related adverse events, and an impact of these symptoms on their physical and psychosocial well-being. Few studies have investigated the specific needs of these patients and the potential role of eHealth applications in meeting those needs. OBJECTIVE: To explore the supportive care and information needs of high risk and advanced melanoma patients, and how these needs can be supported by eHealth applications. METHODS: In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews with high risk and advanced melanoma patients during or after systemic treatment were conducted to understand their needs and requirements as possible end-users of mobile eHealth applications. Interview transcripts were independently coded and thematically analyzed. RESULTS: Thirteen participants consented to be interviewed, aged 31 to 71 years. Nearly all patients (n = 12, 92%) experienced unmet information and supportive care needs during and after active treatment. Patients expected to value eHealth applications that facilitate information gathering, wellbeing interventions, and symptom management. The majority of patients (n = 10, 77%) anticipated various advantages from using an eHealth application, including increased autonomy, higher quality of life, and improved disease self-management. DISCUSSION: High risk and advanced melanoma patients have unmet supportive care and information needs during and after systemic treatment. The use of eHealth applications might be an effective way to meet these unmet needs. Patients anticipate a variety of advantages from using these applications, including deriving various benefits from the use of these applications, such as enhanced autonomy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00520-022-07133-z.
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spelling pubmed-91193792022-05-20 Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study Fraterman, Itske Glaser, Savannah L. C. Wilgenhof, Sofie Medlock, Stephanie K. Mallo, Henk A. Cornet, Ronald van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V. Boekhout, Annelies H. Support Care Cancer Original Article BACKGROUND: During and after systemic therapy, patients with high risk and advanced melanoma experience challenges regarding cancer-related symptoms, treatment-related adverse events, and an impact of these symptoms on their physical and psychosocial well-being. Few studies have investigated the specific needs of these patients and the potential role of eHealth applications in meeting those needs. OBJECTIVE: To explore the supportive care and information needs of high risk and advanced melanoma patients, and how these needs can be supported by eHealth applications. METHODS: In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews with high risk and advanced melanoma patients during or after systemic treatment were conducted to understand their needs and requirements as possible end-users of mobile eHealth applications. Interview transcripts were independently coded and thematically analyzed. RESULTS: Thirteen participants consented to be interviewed, aged 31 to 71 years. Nearly all patients (n = 12, 92%) experienced unmet information and supportive care needs during and after active treatment. Patients expected to value eHealth applications that facilitate information gathering, wellbeing interventions, and symptom management. The majority of patients (n = 10, 77%) anticipated various advantages from using an eHealth application, including increased autonomy, higher quality of life, and improved disease self-management. DISCUSSION: High risk and advanced melanoma patients have unmet supportive care and information needs during and after systemic treatment. The use of eHealth applications might be an effective way to meet these unmet needs. Patients anticipate a variety of advantages from using these applications, including deriving various benefits from the use of these applications, such as enhanced autonomy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00520-022-07133-z. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-05-19 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9119379/ /pubmed/35589878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-07133-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Fraterman, Itske
Glaser, Savannah L. C.
Wilgenhof, Sofie
Medlock, Stephanie K.
Mallo, Henk A.
Cornet, Ronald
van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V.
Boekhout, Annelies H.
Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title_full Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title_fullStr Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title_short Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
title_sort exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed ehealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9119379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35589878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-07133-z
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