 A platform to study the quality of life in oncology patientsJoaquim Gonçalves, Augusta Silveira and Alvaro Rocha International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2011, vol. 5, issue 3, 209-220 Abstract: The perception that an individual holds about his place in life, which depends upon his culture and values, defines this individual's quality of life (QoL). When applied in a health context, this is known as: health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The assessment of HRQoL is a medical goal; it is used in clinical research, medical practice, health-related economic studies and in planning health management measures and strategies. Obtaining a patient self-assessment with QoL measuring instruments on the platform developed in this project, through friendly software, easy for the user to adapt to, aids the study, promotes the creation of databases, and accelerates its statistical treatment. The possibility of graphically representing results that physician needs to analyse, immediately after the answer collection, makes this assessment a diagnosis instrument ready to be used routinely in clinical practice. Keywords: oncology patients; health-related quality of life; HRQoL; knowledge management systems; KMS; human-computer interaction; HCI; cancer patients; patient self-assessment. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijiscm:v:5:y:2011:i:3:p:209-220 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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