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. 2007 Oct 11:2007:635-9.

Designing tailored Internet support to assist cancer patients in illness management

Cornelia M Ruland  1 , Annette Jeneson, Trine Andersen, Roar Andersen, Laura Slaughter, Bente-Schjødt-Osmo, Shirley M Moore
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Designing tailored Internet support to assist cancer patients in illness management

Cornelia M Ruland et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. .

Abstract

This paper describes the development and a preliminary usage analysis of a novel Internet-based support system that assists cancer patients in symptom monitoring and disease management. The system, called WebChoice, allows patients to monitor symptoms over time, and provides access to evidence-based self-management options tailored to their reported symptoms as well as a communication area where patients can ask questions to a clinical nurse specialist and exchange experiences with other cancer patients. A currently ongoing randomized clinical trial evaluates effects of WebChoice on patient outcomes. This paper describes essential features of WebChoice, steps we used to design it as user-friendly as possible; and preliminary findings on patients use.

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