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E-Patient Counseling Trial (E-PACO): Computer Based Education versus Nurse Counseling for Patients to Prepare for Colonoscopy
Published on: August 1, 2019
[Evaluating treatment from the point of view of the patient -PROs (patient-reported outcomes)]
Inge Bördlein-Wahl1, Felix Hilpert, Thomas Kohlmann
1mamazone Südwest, Ladenburg, Deutschland.
Abstract:
The patient's own evaluation of treatment can simplify communication between the patient and the treating physician; it provides additional important information for therapy control and improves patient compliance. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have already been examined in clinical studies among patients suffering from advanced ovarian cancer for a long time now and have made an important contribution with respect to the definition of a recognized standard of treatment for first-line therapy. This article describes the significance of PROs from the point of view of a social scientist, a gynaecologist, and an affected patient.
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