A Wireless Health Outcomes Monitoring System (WHOMS): development and field testing with cancer patients using mobile phones

Table 1 Acceptance or refusal by 97 cancer inpatients to compile the questionnaire using a mobile phone as related to patient characteristics

Characteristics	Accepted (n = 56) %	Rejected (n = 41) %	Total (n = 97) % (n)
Gender
Male	57	43	31 (30)
Female	58	42	69 (67)
Age (years)
Mean (SD)	45 (13.0)	61 (9.2)	52 (13.9)
Years of education
Mean (SD)	12 (3.5)	7 (3.4)	10 (4.2)
Primary tumor site
Colon-rectum	55	45	32 (31)
Uterine or ovarian	50	50	14 (14)
Breast	59	41	35 (34)
Other	67	33	19 (18)
Setting/surgical unit
Senology	59	41	35 (34)
Gynaecologic	50	50	14 (14)
Endoscopy	60	40	15 (15)
Colo-rectal	47	53	18 (17)
Melanoma & sarcoma	71	29	18 (17)
Communication technology use The number of patients who used a particular technology at least once in the week prior to hospital admission.
Mobile phone call
Yes	66	34	82 (80)
No	18	82	18 (17)
Sent SMS message
Yes	95	5	41 (40)
No	32	68	59 (57)
Internet
Yes	89	11	37 (36)
No	39	61	63 (61)
Email
Yes	90	10	32 (31)
No	42	58	68 (66)

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