Dumrongpakapakorn Phensiri, Hopkins Kathy, Sherwood Paula, Zorn Kristin, Donovan Heidi
Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2009 Sep;44(3):339-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.06.008.
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.
大多数卵巢癌女性患者尽管在诊断时接受了积极的化疗,仍会面临疾病复发的情况。鉴于卵巢癌女性患者复杂的医疗和心理社会需求以及繁忙临床环境中的时间限制,为女性患者提供与其疾病和治疗相关的必要教育可能具有挑战性。计算机和基于网络的技术的出现为教育癌症患者并支持他们更好地应对疾病创造了新机会。本文回顾了基于计算机的患者教育干预的先前研究,以确定关键干预成分以及与改善患者结局相关的其他因素。讨论了使用基于计算机的技术支持卵巢癌女性患者的机会,并介绍了WRITE症状管理法(一种用于缓解复发性卵巢癌女性症状的书面表征干预方法),这是一种针对复发性卵巢癌女性的基于网络的症状管理干预措施。