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Acceptability of an Electronic Self-report Assessment Program for Patients With Cancer
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eliciting symptom quality life information patients important component medical nursing care processes traditionally information collected paper pencil however approach presents several barriers including delays receiving information difficulty integrating responses electronic records time required manually score questionnaires measurement purposes one solution addresses many barriers adoption computerized screening symptom qualityoflife information research explored acceptability asking symptom qualityoflife questions using electronic self report assessmentcancer program wireless laptops equipped touchscreen format acceptability data explored respect whether differences may attributed demographics symptom qualityoflife levels depression cognitive emotional functioning evaluation used descriptive univariate statistics examine data 342 participants ongoing esrac randomized clinical trial research participants esrac study recruited seattle cancer care alliance consortium among university washington medical center fred hutchinson cancer research center childrens hospital regional medical center seattle wa sample consisted 342 adult participants completed baseline followup survey sessions medical oncology represented largest recruitment group 453 followed stem cell transplant 345 radiation oncology 202 primary finding patients generally able use esrac quickly without difficulty realworld clinical setting overall quite satisfied esrac program significant differences found several acceptability areas respect demographics quality life measures age sex severe distress analysis confirms esrac application collecting symptom quality life information easy patients use acceptable across range user characteristics intend build work using survey platform modalities ensuring patients preferences considered times