1. Patient preference: a comparison of electronic patient-completed questionnaires with paper among cancer patients
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M.C. Brown, Petra Martin, Christine Lam, Chongya Niu, Wei Xu, Mary Mahler, M. Otsuka, Dan Pringle, H. Hon, Sinead Cuffe, Jodie Villeneuve, Rebecca Charow, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Geoffrey Liu, Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, Jodie Jenkinson, and Ravi M. Shani
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Adult ,Male ,Paper ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,020205 medical informatics ,education ,Alternative medicine ,02 engineering and technology ,Affect (psychology) ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neoplasms ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Genetic testing ,Aged, 80 and over ,Internet ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Computers ,business.industry ,Significant difference ,Age Factors ,Cancer ,Patient Preference ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Patient preference ,Preference ,Oncology ,Computers, Handheld ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Family medicine ,Multivariate Analysis ,Female ,Comprehension ,business - Abstract
In this study, we compared cancer patients preference for computerised (tablet/web-based) surveys versus paper. We also assessed whether the understanding of a cancer-related topic, pharmacogenomics is affected by the survey format, and examined differences in demographic and medical characteristics which may affect patient preference and understanding. Three hundred and four cancer patients completed a tablet-administered survey and another 153 patients completed a paper-based survey. Patients who participated in the tablet survey were questioned regarding their preference for survey format administration (paper, tablet and web-based). Understanding was assessed with a ‘direct’ method, by asking patients to assess their understanding of genetic testing, and with a ‘composite’ score. Patients preferred administration with tablet (71%) compared with web-based (12%) and paper (17%). Patients
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- 2015