A review of mobile applications to help adolescent and young adult cancer patients.
A review of mobile applications to help adolescent and young adult cancer patients.
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对移动应用的综述，以帮助青少年和年轻的成人癌症患者。
DOI：
10.2147/ahmt.s69209
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2015
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Fizur PJ
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作者：
Wesley KM;Fizur PJ
综述利用移动应用程序针对青少年 (AYA) 癌症患者的研究文章。我们通过在线搜索和参考列表（例如，PsycInfo、PubMed）来识别文章。两名研究小组成员对文章的目标人群、既定目的、技术利用、样本量、人口特征和结果数据进行了审查。描述了每项研究的优点和缺点。在 19 份已确定的手稿中，有 6 份符合本次审查的完全纳入标准（四份智能手机应用程序和两份平板电脑应用程序）。还审查了另外一篇文章，其中包括非特定于肿瘤学的应用，但目标样本中包括患有癌症的 AYA 患者。这些应用程序的用途包括症状跟踪、疼痛管理、骨髓移植后饮食习惯监测、粘膜炎监测和改善药物管理。介绍了试点研究的实用结果。移动应用程序的数量不断增加，并且越来越多地可供患有或未患有慢性疾病的 AYA 使用。这些应用程序可能有助于支持 AYA 的整个癌症治疗及治疗后的治疗过程。然而，很少有应用程序提供支持其实用性的经验数据。这些应用程序的众多优势和好处包括增加对教育资源和自我管理策略的可访问性、更频繁的身体和情绪症状跟踪以及增加获得同伴支持的机会。尽管有这些优势，但仍存在许多局限性，凸显了该领域未来研究的必要性。
To review research articles utilizing mobile applications with adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients. We identified articles via online searches and reference lists (eg, PsycInfo, PubMed). Articles were reviewed by two study team members for target population, stated purpose, technological utilization, sample size, demographic characteristics, and outcome data. Strengths and weaknesses of each study were described. Of 19 identified manuscripts, six met full inclusion criteria for this review (four smartphone applications and two tablet applications). One additional article that included an application not specific to oncology but included AYA patients with cancer within the target sample was also reviewed. Uses of these applications included symptom tracking, pain management, monitoring of eating habits following bone marrow transplant, monitoring of mucositis, and improving medication management. Utility results from pilot studies are presented. Mobile applications are growing in number and increasingly available to AYAs with and without chronic illness. These applications may prove useful in helping to support AYAs throughout their cancer treatment and beyond. However, few applications provide empirical data supporting their utility. Numerous strengths and benefits of these applications include increased accessibility to educational resources and self-management strategies, more frequent physical and emotional symptom tracking, and increased access to peer support. Despite these strengths, numerous limitations are identified, highlighting the need for future research in this area.