Quality of Life of Women After a First Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using a Self-Management Support mHealth App in Taiwan: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are over 2 million newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer worldwide with more than 10,000 cases in Taiwan each year. During 2017-2018, the National Yang-Ming University, the Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and the Taiwan Breast Cancer Prevention Foundation collaborated to develop a breast cancer self-management support (BCSMS) mHealth app for Taiwanese women with breast cancer.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life (QoL) of women with breast cancer in Taiwan after using the BCSMS app.

Methods

After receiving a first diagnosis of breast cancer, women with stage 0 to III breast cancer, who were recruited from social networking sites or referred by their oncologists or oncology case managers, were random

SUBMITTER: Hou IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7081131 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature