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- Title
Cancer Patients' Perspectives and Requirements of Digital Health Technologies: A Scoping Literature Review.
- Authors
Lazarou, Ioulietta; Krooupa, Anna-Maria; Nikolopoulos, Spiros; Apostolidis, Lazaros; Sarris, Nikos; Papadopoulos, Symeon; Kompatsiaris, Ioannis
- Abstract
Simple Summary: Digital health technologies can help manage the growing cancer burden, but understanding patients' needs is crucial for these tools to be effective. Our study reviewed existing research on what cancer patients want from digital health technologies. We analysed 128 studies, focusing on web-based platforms, mobile apps, and wearable devices used in cancer care. Patients highlighted the importance of these technologies being easy to use, effective in managing their care, and enhancing communication with healthcare providers. Our findings offer insights for future research to develop digital health tools that meet cancer patients' preferences, potentially improving their healthcare experience and outcomes. Digital health technologies have the potential to alleviate the increasing cancer burden. Incorporating patients' perspectives on digital health tools has been identified as a critical determinant for their successful uptake in cancer care. The main objective of this scoping review was to provide an overview of the existing evidence on cancer patients' perspectives and requirements for patient-facing digital health technologies. Three databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, Science Direct) were searched and 128 studies were identified as eligible for inclusion. Web-based software/platforms, mobile or smartphone devices/applications, and remote sensing/wearable technologies employed for the delivery of interventions and patient monitoring were the most frequently employed technologies in cancer care. The abilities of digital tools to enable care management, user-friendliness, and facilitate patient–clinician interactions were the technological requirements predominantly considered as important by cancer patients. The findings from this review provide evidence that could inform future research on technology-associated parameters influencing cancer patients' decisions regarding the uptake and adoption of patient-facing digital health technologies.
- Subjects
DIGITAL technology; MOBILE apps; RESEARCH funding; SMARTPHONES; COMPUTER software; DIGITAL health; CANCER patient medical care; CINAHL database; SYSTEMATIC reviews; MEDLINE; LITERATURE reviews; PATIENT-professional relations; CANCER patient psychology; PATIENT monitoring; PATIENTS' attitudes; USER interfaces
- Publication
Cancers, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 13, p2293
- ISSN
2072-6694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cancers16132293