Unleashing the potential of eHealth in outpatient cancer care for patients undergoing immunotherapy—a quantitative study considering patients’ needs and current healthcare challenges
This study demonstrates the potential for further integration of eHealth applications into outpatient immunotherapy from the patients' perspective. It indicates a dependency on age and educational level for the further integration of eHealth into patient care in oncology. Due to particular patient needs regarding age, level of education, gender and other subgroups, specific education and training as well as target-group specific digital health interventions are necessary to fully utilize the potentials of eHealth for outpatient immunotherapy. Future studies are required to specifically address target-group specific usability of eHealth applications and eHealth literacy, as well as to address information security and data protection.
Authors
- Jennifer Landsberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-3883)
- Martin Holderried (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-0516)
- Peter Brossart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9324-5527)
- Matthias Schmid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-0317)
- Tobias A.W. Holderried (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2474-523X)
- Marie‐Therese Schmitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-9381)
- Thomas J. Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-5597)
- Izabela Stasik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-4731)
- Leonie Stauß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7887-0255)
- Martin Kirschner
- Friederike Schmitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-1088)
- Dirk Skowasch
Institutions
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie (DE)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- Waldkrankenhaus Protestant Hospital (DE)
- STZ eyetrial (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Digital Health
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1414442
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn