Supporting health literacy using an interactive app for symptom management during radiotherapy for prostate cancer
| Autor: | Ann Langius-Eklöf, Kay Sundberg, Lena-Marie Petersson, Veronica Lindström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Health literacy Literacy 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Agency (sociology) Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Symptom management business.industry 030503 health policy & services Palliative Care Prostatic Neoplasms General Medicine medicine.disease Mobile Applications Health Literacy Self Care Radiation therapy Family medicine 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Patient Education and Counseling. 104:381-386 |
| ISSN: | 0738-3991 |
| Popis: | Objective Patients’ ability to self-monitor symptoms and engage in self-care activities is dependent upon their level of health literacy. Health literacy and self-care ability was compared in men with prostate cancer undergoing radiotherapy that used an app for symptom management with a control group. Methods Included were an intervention group (n = 66), who used an app for symptom reporting and support for self-care, and a control group (n = 64). Outcomes were Functional Health Literacy, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy and Appraisal of Self-Care Agency (ASA-A). Results The intervention group had improved regarding “ability to select information needed from a variety of information sources” (p = .020), “ability to determine the information credible” (p = .041), and “being able to plan and decide what to do to improve health” (p = .004). No inter-group difference was found for ASA-A. Conclusions With the support of an app for reporting and managing symptoms, important advanced health literacy skills of selecting, determining, and judging information credible may improve. Practice implications Patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer may benefit from an individualized approach, such as an app, for communication with health care providers and as a source of health information to make decisions about their own health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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