Abstract
Background
One of the most disabling long-term effects after breast cancer is cancer-related fatigue (CRF). To prevent CRF from becoming chronic, it is important to start treatment against CRF timely. Fortunately, there are many evidence-based eHealth interventions. However, the effectiveness of these interventions varies per person, depending on patients’ personality and preferences. The goal of this research is to create an overview of eHealth interventions for breast cancer patients with CRF and their attributes, with a focus on preference sensitive attributes. This overview can help in providing a more personalized treatment advice, thereby increasing the effectiveness on CRF.
Methods
With a scoping review, we searched systematically through Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science for eHealth interventions. These eHealth interventions had to 1) be tested in a patient group including breast cancer patients and 2) measure the effect on CRF. Information was extracted on patient preference attributes like duration, intensity, contact with healthcare professionals, peer support, costs, content delivery and study results. Results were synthesized based on different categories of non-pharmacological interventions.
Results
We found 43 articles describing 35 interventions. Interventions were divided into five categories: physical activity, mind-body and psychological interventions, a combination of the previous or “other.” Table 1 (see via DOI) shows the variation in the attributes duration, intensity, contact with professionals and study results per category. Peer support was included in only seven interventions and in six interventions, information was given on potential costs. Content was delivered in various ways: information was presented on websites and apps as video, audio and text and also as vignettes, quizzes and graphics.
Conclusion
We created an overview of eHealth interventions for breast cancer patients with CRF and their (preference sensitive) attributes. There was variation between (categories of) interventions, showing possibilities to personalize an intervention advice. The overview hopefully supports professionals in guiding patients to an intervention that fits their preferences, leading to an improved intervention outcome on CRF and improving the quality of life of patients.
One of the most disabling long-term effects after breast cancer is cancer-related fatigue (CRF). To prevent CRF from becoming chronic, it is important to start treatment against CRF timely. Fortunately, there are many evidence-based eHealth interventions. However, the effectiveness of these interventions varies per person, depending on patients’ personality and preferences. The goal of this research is to create an overview of eHealth interventions for breast cancer patients with CRF and their attributes, with a focus on preference sensitive attributes. This overview can help in providing a more personalized treatment advice, thereby increasing the effectiveness on CRF.
Methods
With a scoping review, we searched systematically through Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science for eHealth interventions. These eHealth interventions had to 1) be tested in a patient group including breast cancer patients and 2) measure the effect on CRF. Information was extracted on patient preference attributes like duration, intensity, contact with healthcare professionals, peer support, costs, content delivery and study results. Results were synthesized based on different categories of non-pharmacological interventions.
Results
We found 43 articles describing 35 interventions. Interventions were divided into five categories: physical activity, mind-body and psychological interventions, a combination of the previous or “other.” Table 1 (see via DOI) shows the variation in the attributes duration, intensity, contact with professionals and study results per category. Peer support was included in only seven interventions and in six interventions, information was given on potential costs. Content was delivered in various ways: information was presented on websites and apps as video, audio and text and also as vignettes, quizzes and graphics.
Conclusion
We created an overview of eHealth interventions for breast cancer patients with CRF and their (preference sensitive) attributes. There was variation between (categories of) interventions, showing possibilities to personalize an intervention advice. The overview hopefully supports professionals in guiding patients to an intervention that fits their preferences, leading to an improved intervention outcome on CRF and improving the quality of life of patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | S52 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2022 |
| Event | 13th European Breast Cancer Conference, EBCC 2022 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 16 Nov 2022 → 18 Nov 2022 Conference number: 13 |
Conference
| Conference | 13th European Breast Cancer Conference, EBCC 2022 |
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| Abbreviated title | EBCC 2022 |
| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Barcelona |
| Period | 16/11/22 → 18/11/22 |
