Mobile Health Technology for Palliative Care Patients

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-01

Study Completion Date

2018-05-31

Brief Summary

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To test the potential and acceptance of wireless activity tracking in palliative care patients leaving hospital care. Explorative study, collaboration project of the Clinic of Radiation-Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and the Wearable Computing Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology. Patients receive a tracking bracelet and a smart phone in order to gather objective physical activity parameters as step count, sleep duration, heart rate, social activity patterns (e.g. making calls) as well as subjective ratings of pain and distress. Quality of life (QoL) will be captured by paper questionnaire. Correlations between patients' physical activity patterns and the pain and distress level assessed from electronic scales as well as QoL-questionnaire will be performed. Acceptance will be evaluated by quantitative questionnaires and interviews. The proposed study is meant to be preparatory work for an intervention study to test the effect of wireless monitoring of palliative care patients on fostering early interventions for symptom relief and support of QoL.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Metastatic Cancer Mobile Health Chronic Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Mobile Health

Patients discharged from hospital will be equipped with a tracking bracelet and a smart phone

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* established diagnosis of metastatic cancer or other severe illness with limited life-expectancy (physicians guess \<12 months, \> 8 weeks)
* Karnofsky Index ≥50%
* ECOG≤ 2
* aged \> 18 years
* passed a short handling test with devices (tracking bracelet, smart phone)