Usability Evaluation of a Mobile Phone-Based System for Remote Monitoring and Management of Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects in Cancer Patients: Mixed-Methods Study
Initiatives
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This study aims to evaluate the usability of the ASyMS, a mobile phone-based technology, from the perspective of Canadian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy to identify existing design, functionality, and usability issues and elicit their views, experiences, and satisfaction with the ASyMS.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box
below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2018
- End Year
- 2018
- Funding
- Partial funding for the study was supported through the Ontario Patient-Reported Outcomes of Symptoms and Toxicity Research Unit and the Nursing Department at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Moradian S, Krzyzanowska MK, Maguire R, et al. Usability Evaluation of a Mobile Phone-Based System for Remote Monitoring and Management of Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects in Cancer Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2018;4(2):e10932. Published 2018 Dec 21. doi:10.2196/10932
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 10
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Canadian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy
Canadian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
Patients were recruited from ambulatory follow-up clinics at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, a cancer research center affiliated with the University of Toronto as part of the UHN.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Canada
- Territory
- Toronto
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Canadian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy
- Other criteria
- The Institutional Review Board Approval was obtained from the University Health Network (UHN) to conduct the study prior to recruitment (#15-9432). Patients were recruited from ambulatory follow-up clinics at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, a cancer research center affiliated with the University of Toronto as part of the UHN.
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- Clinical patients
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 10
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
This study aims to evaluate the usability of the ASyMS, a mobile phone-based technology, from the perspective of Canadian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy to identify existing design, functionality, and usability issues and elicit their views, experiences, and satisfaction with the ASyMS.
- Start Date
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2018
- End Date
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2018
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection