title: Comparing tailored computerized symptom assessments to interviews and questionnaires.
abstract: We compared the performance of a computerized symptom assessment tool called Choice in terms of number of symptoms and time needed for 92 cancer patients with two other standard methods: interview and questionnaire. Choice outperformed interviews in number and precision of reported symptoms, and did better than questionnaires in focusing on bothersome symptoms. There were high correlations between Choice and questionnaires. Interface and symptom structure play an important role for adequately eliciting patients' symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Center for Shared Decision Making, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruland
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Røslien
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
authors.forename: Jørn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires