Cancer, Caregivers, Quality of Life
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a Mobile Digital Solution in monitoring and collecting symptom burden data. The proposed study is meant to be the preparatory work for an intervention study to test the effect of Mobile Digital Solutions on improving patient outcomes by prompting early interventions for symptom relief and support of patient and family caregiver quality of life (QOL).
Detailed description
Demographic information and patient-reported symptoms will be collected from study participants through a mobile health application called CancerLife that they can download (FREE) from their mobile device app store (Android or iOS). Participants will be asked to broadcast their emotional and physical status through a list of symptom list within the app as well as how that symptom is impacting their quality of life and activities of daily living. This data will be collected inside the application and display in easy to understand pie charts. Participants will also have the option to broadcast their entry to their social network. Since the objective of the current feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a Mobile Digital Solution in monitoring and collecting symptom burden and QOL data, the investigators will include a standard validated instrument (FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General) as part of this study. Participants will be asked to complete the FACT-G after initial registration and weekly for up to 4 weeks. Participants will receive electronic mail messages with a link to CancerLife weekly as a reminder to access the website.
Interventions
OTHERCancerLife
CancerLife is a mobile digital solution that allows patients to broadcast their health status inside a private invitation only group, text, email or publicly in Facebook or Instagram. By doing, so the patient collects his/her own patient-reported outcomes data and then share this data with their doctor or care team.
Sponsors
CancerLife
Saint John's Cancer Institute
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Established diagnosis of cancer * Karnofsky Index ≥50% * Age \> 18 years
Exclusion criteria
* Relevant cognitive impairment * Insufficient knowledge of English language to complete the survey
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility/ Participation Rate | 4 weeks | number of individuals who participate in the study divided by the number of individuals who opened the link |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Open Rate | 4 weeks | number of individuals who open the link divided by total number of individuals reached by the advertisement |
| Refusal rate | 4 weeks | number of individuals who declined to participate divided by the number of individuals who opened the link |
| Retention rate | 4 weeks | number of mission data divided by total number of items available |
| Rate of missing data | 4 weeks | number of mission data divided by total number of items available |
| Participant Satisfaction | 4 weeks | describe the usability, satisfaction, and desirability of the Mobile Digital Solution using a patient experience survey at the end of the study |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed