Matthias Domhardt, Simon Grund, Axel Mayer, Rebekka Büscher, David D Ebert, Lasse B Sander, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Harald Baumeister
Unveiling mechanisms of change in digital interventions for depression: Study protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Frontiers in psychiatry
lung cancer patients high symptom burden negatively affects quality life increasing patient selfefficacy deal treatment side effects ameliorate symptom burden education programs help enhance patient selfefficacy giving patients control condition increased disease literacy study aimed evaluate feasibility microlearning delivering lung cancer patients information side effects chemotherapy secondary objectives program understand acceptability microlearning delivery type education lung cancer patients potential impact microlearning patient selfefficacy knowledge confidence managing side effects chemotherapy mixedmethods prepost test quasiexperimental study design used better enable patients identify manage side effects condition chemotherapy participants patients diagnosed stage ii stage iv lung cancer life expectancy greater 3 months aged 18 years older multiple validated scales used assess patient selfefficacy pre postintervention online program evaluated using quantitative data completion rates extracted online platform semistructured interviews used explore impact online program perceived selfefficacy quality life twentythree participants agreed participate study five agreed complete semistructured interview participants found content comprehensive relevant engaging program improved perceived disease literacy helped participants develop coping strategies manage side effects participants also found platform easy use navigate additional courses features requested patients diagnosis cancer receive large amount information side effects chemotherapy manage information often provided soon diagnosis upon commencement therapy overwhelming patients microlearning method online learning spaces distributing content several weeks may useful tool supporting delivering health information group patients