title: Designing tailored Internet support to assist cancer patients in illness management.
abstract: This paper describes the development and a preliminary usage analysis of a novel Internet-based support system that assists cancer patients in symptom monitoring and disease management. The system, called WebChoice, allows patients to monitor symptoms over time, and provides access to evidence-based self-management options tailored to their reported symptoms as well as a communication area where patients can ask questions to a clinical nurse specialist and exchange experiences with other cancer patients. A currently ongoing randomized clinical trial evaluates effects of WebChoice on patient outcomes. This paper describes essential features of WebChoice, steps we used to design it as user-friendly as possible; and preliminary findings on patients use.
authors.affiliation: Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet Medical Center, Oslo.
authors.forename: Cornelia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ruland
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeneson
authors.forename: Trine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Roar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Slaughter
authors.lastname: Bente-Schjødt-Osmo
authors.forename: Shirley M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support