Barbara Head|Cynthia Keeney|Jamie L. Studts|Mamdouh Khayat|Jeffrey Bumpous|Mark Pfeifer
Feasibility and Acceptance of a Telehealth Intervention to Promote Symptom Management during Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
University of Louisville
patients undergoing treatment head neck cancers myriad distressing symptoms treatment side effects significantly alter communication lower quality life telehealth technology demonstrated promise improving patientprovider communication delivering supportive educational content guidance patients homes telehealth intervention using simple telemessaging device developed provide daily education guidance encouragement patients undergoing initial treatment head neck cancer goal article report feasibility acceptance intervention using quantitative qualitative measures eligible patients declined participation based technology issues participants completed intervention 86 expected days use direct nursing contact seldom needed study period satisfaction technology intervention high study telehealth intervention shown feasible well accepted regularly used patients experiencing extreme symptom burden declining quality life result aggressive treatment head neck cancer