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Exploring the Use of a Digital Platform for Cancer Patients to Report Their Demographics, Disease and Therapy Characteristics, Age, and Educational Disparities: An Early-Stage Feasibility Study.

Dimitra GalitiHelena LinardouSofia AgelakiAthanasios KarampeazisNikolaos TsoukalasAmanda PsyrriMichalis V KaramouzisKonstantinos N SyrigosAlexandros ArdavanisIlias AthanasiadisEleni ArvanitouStavroula SgourouAnastasia MalaChristos VallilasIoannis Boukovinas
Published in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2023)
A total of 114 patients succeeded in registering on the digital platform and reporting their demographics, disease and therapy characteristics, and socioeconomic issues. Age and educational disparities were disclosed and highlighted the need for educational programs to help older people and people of lower education use digital innovation. Health care policy measures would support patients' financial burden associated with work changes, living alone, and children under 24 years old at school or college. Policy actions would motivate patients to increase their participation in patient associations. According to the evidence DEFINED framework, the number of patients, and the focus on enrollment, engagement, and user experience, the study fulfills actionability level criterion 1.
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