| Literature DB >> 19683095 |
Phensiri Dumrongpakapakorn1, Kathy Hopkins, Paula Sherwood, Kristin Zorn, Heidi Donovan.
Abstract
A majority of women with ovarian cancer will face recurrent disease despite receiving aggressive chemotherapy at the time of diagnosis. Given the complex medical and psychosocial needs of women with ovarian cancer and the time constraints within busy clinical settings, providing women with the necessary education related to their disease and treatments can be challenging. The advent of computers and web-based technologies has created new opportunities for educating cancer patients and supporting them to better cope with their disease. This article reviews prior studies of computer-based patient education interventions to identify key intervention components and other factors associated with improved patient outcomes. Opportunities for using computer-based technologies to support women with ovarian cancer are discussed and WRITE Symptoms (a Written Representational Intervention To Ease Symptoms), a web-based, symptom management intervention for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, is introduced.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19683095 PMCID： PMC3686083 DOI： 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.06.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nurs Clin North Am ISSN： 0029-6465 Impact factor: 1.208