Table 3 Patients’ attitude towards clinic-ePRO/home-ePRO
Agreement (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Clinic-ePRO | Home-ePRO | ||
N = 113 | N = 45 | ||
Considering PROs as an useful and adequate method to provide information on QOL to physicians | 64.6 | 91.1 | |
Wish to see own PRO results | 61.1 | 77.8 | |
Wish to discuss PRO results with treating physiciana | - | 82.2 | |
Willingness to complete QLQ-C30 | at the hospital | 94.7 | 84.4 |
at homeb | 68.1 | - | |
For patients reasonable time frames for PRO completion at home | at least weekly | 14.2 | 53.3 |
monthly | 18.6 | 24.4 | |
yearly | 43.4 | 13.3 | |
missing | 23.8 | 8.9 | |
Preference of phone interview over home-ePROc | no | 97.3 | 93.2 |
Preferred mode of PRO assessment | paper-pencil | 7.1 | 17.8 |
electronic | 67.2 | 60.0 | |
no preference | 23.9 | 20.0 | |
decline of assessment | 1.8 | 2.2 | |