Remote Symptom Monitoring to Enhance the Delivery of Palliative Cancer Care in Low-Resource Settings: Emerging Approaches from Africa-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Remote Symptom Monitoring to Enhance the Delivery of Palliative Cancer Care in Low-Resource Settings: Emerging Approaches from Africa

Published:2023-12-17 Issue:24 Volume:20 Page:7190
ISSN:1660-4601
Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:IJERPH

Author:

Salako Omolola¹,Enyi Adaorah²,Miesfeldt Susan³,Kabukye Johnblack K.⁴⁵^ORCID,Ngoma Mamsau⁶,Namisango Eve⁷,LeBaron Virginia⁸^ORCID,Sisimayi Chenjerai⁹,Ebenso Bassey¹⁰,Lorenz Karl A.¹¹¹²,Wang Yan¹³,Ryan Wolf Julie¹⁴^ORCID,van den Hurk Corina¹⁵^ORCID,Allsop Matthew¹⁰^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Radiation Biology, Radiotherapy and Radiodiagnosis (RBRR) Digital Health Hub, College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos 102215, Nigeria

2. Oncopadi Technologies, Lagos 105102, Nigeria

3. Medical Oncology, Maine Medical Center, MaineHealth Cancer Care Center, Scarborough, ME 04106, USA

4. Uganda Cancer Institute, Upper Mulago Hill Road, Kampala P.O. Box 3935, Uganda

5. Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University, 164 55 Stockholm, Sweden

6. Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania

7. African Palliative Care Association, Kampala P.O. Box 72518, Uganda

8. School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA

9. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa

10. School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9LU, UK

11. Ci2i, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

12. Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

13. School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

14. Departments of Dermatology and Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA

15. R&D Department, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, 3501 DB Utrecht, The Netherlands

Abstract

This paper brings together researchers, clinicians, technology developers and digital innovators to outline current applications of remote symptom monitoring being developed for palliative cancer care delivery in Africa. We outline three remote symptom monitoring approaches from three countries, highlighting their models of delivery and intended outcomes, and draw on their experiences of implementation to guide further developments and evaluations of this approach for palliative cancer care in the region. Through highlighting these experiences and priority areas for future research, we hope to steer efforts to develop and optimise remote symptom monitoring for palliative cancer care in Africa.

Funder

Yorkshire Cancer Research University Academic Fellowship

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/24/7190/pdf

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