Electronic data collection of QoL PROMS in Prostate cancer
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Electronic data capture of Health Related Quality of Life Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS). An exploratory study in Patients with Prostate Cancer.
IRAS ID
207202
Contact name
Sally Appleyard
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 1 days
Research summary
Electronic data collection of Health-related Quality of Life Patient Reported Outcome Measures: an exploratory study in patients with prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in men and is associated with increasing age. There are a large number of possible drug treatments, even when the cancer is no longer curable. Research trials tend to focus on how much longer drugs extend people's lives or how much they prolong the time until the cancer grows again. However, particularly when the cancer cannot be cured, quality of life should also be an important consideration and this is often poorly measured in trials. Indeed, some newer treatments have a more profound impact on quality of life than standard chemotherapy treatment, even if they do not prolong life further.
Quality of life is assessed using “patient-reported outcome measures”, that is questionnaires completed by the patient rather than by the doctor or nurse. It can be difficult to measure quality of life as paper questionnaires take time to complete and can be incompletely filled in. It is then also costly to analyse this information as it has to be transferred to a computer system.
Our study aims to explore whether patients are willing and able to complete these questionnaires on a tablet computer, so that the information is entered electronically by the patient.
The study is open to patients with prostate cancer who are starting anew drug treatment.
We will assess how many patients are prepared to complete electronic questionnaires and what their experience is of the process. We will also offer an option to complete questionnaires at home on a computer or mobile phone and will explore whether this is acceptable for patients. Patients will be asked to complete the questionnaires before starting treatment and again after 3 months.REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0289
Date of REC Opinion
5 Jul 2016
REC opinion
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