Development and Usability Test of a Website for Cancer Symptom Management.
- Author:
Eun Ok LEE
1
;
Jeongeun KIM
;
Hyeoun Ae PARK
Author Information
1. College of Nursing Seoul National University, Korea. kim0424@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cancer;
Symptom Management Guideline;
Website
- MeSH:
Constipation;
Diarrhea;
Fatigue;
Humans;
Stomatitis
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics
2005;11(2):161-174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to develop cancer patients' symptom management guideline, and to develop and test the utility of the web-based guideline service system. METHODS: Based on the literature review, guidelines for symptom management for nausea/vomiting, fatigue, constipation, diarrhea, and oral mucositis were developed. A web-based cancer patients' symptom management system was developed on the basis of guideline developed in the first stage of the study. Forty-five oncology nurses were recruited and asked to evaluate and validate the system by rating level of satisfaction with function, content and effectiveness of the web-based service after they used the website for cancer patients care. RESULTS: Regarding the function of the system around 50% of oncology nurses expressed satisfaction with the system. Regarding the content of the system, nurses expressed highest satisfaction with reliability of information(66.7%) and lowest satisfaction with sufficiency of information (37.7%). Regarding the effectiveness of the system in terms of knowledge enhancement, about 40% of nurses indicated that they satisfied with the system. In terms of usefulness of the system, 48.9% of nurses expressed their satisfaction with the system. CONCLUSION: The result of this study has implications on future use of a web-based guideline for managing symptoms of cancer patients.
