Development and Implementation of a Personal Virtual Assistant for Patient Engagement and Communication in Postsurgical Cancer Care: Feasibility Cohort Study
This study suggests the potential acceptability of the PVA among patients discharged after oncology-related procedures, with a dropout rate of less than 6% and fair-to-good adherence to tasks such as medication intake and exercise. However, these findings are preliminary due to the small sample size and highlight the need for further research with larger cohorts to validate and refine the system.
Authors
- Anthony B. Costales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-9782)
- M. G. Finco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-2772)
- Rasha O. Bara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-8696)
- Miguel Bargas-Ochoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4419-1761)
- Bijan Najafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0320-8101)
- Alejandro Zulbaran‐Rojas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-6882)
- Manuel Pacheco
- Aleena Khichi
- Tina Phan
- Areli Flores-Camargo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-6630)
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of North Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Children's Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Cancer
- Published
- 2024-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/64145
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70