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Electronic patient-reported symptom assessment in palliative end-of-life home care
RISE, Swedish ICT, SICS. Linköping University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5702-7720
2013 (English)In: Health Systems, ISSN 2047-6965, E-ISSN 2047-6973, Vol. 2, no 3, p. 171-180Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Good symptom control in palliative end-of-life home care requires adequate access to patients’ symptom assessments. The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of an electronic symptom assessment reporting system to support symptom control. A randomised controlled study was performed during April 2008–December 2009. The intervention consisted of a networked digital-pen-based information system. The primary outcome measure chosen was the time span from the patient’s reporting of a symptom to the care providers’ noticing this assessment. Patients with at least moderately severe symptoms were invited to participate in the study. Eighteen (11 intervention, seven control) patients from four home care centres participated, submitting a total of 330 symptom assessments. There was a significantly shorter median time span from reporting to noticing for assessments in the intervention group. The system used allowed both frequent and regular symptom reporting from patients that can contribute to more correct and prompt medical decisions in palliative end-of-life home care. Trial registration number: ISRCTN0975027

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Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. , 2013. Vol. 2, no 3, p. 171-180
Keywords [en]
adult; article; controlled study; feasibility study; female; home care; hospice care; human; information system; male; multicenter study; outcome assessment; palliative therapy; randomized controlled trial; symptom assessment; telemedicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-68196DOI: 10.1057/hs.2013.4Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84924347877OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-68196DiVA, id: diva2:1817285
Available from: 2023-12-05 Created: 2023-12-05 Last updated: 2023-12-05Bibliographically approved

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