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Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 827-836 , December 2009

Computer-Based Assessment of Symptoms and Mobility in Palliative Care: Feasibility and Challenges

Even Hovig Fyllingen
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Address correspondence to: Even Hovig Fyllingen, 3rd floor, Gastro South, St. Olavs Hospital, Olav Kyrres gate 17, 7006 Trondheim, Norway.
Line M. Oldervoll, PhD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Jon Håvard Loge, MD, PhD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Clinical Cancer Research, National Resource Centre for Studies of Long-Term Effects after Cancer, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, PhD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Palliative Medicine Unit, The Cancer Center, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Dagny Faksvåg Haugen, MD, PhD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Regional Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, Western Norway, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Katrin Ruth Sigurdardottir, MD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Regional Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, Western Norway, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Sunniva Clinic for Palliative Medicine, Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Ørnulf Paulsen, MD
- Palliative Care Unit, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway
Stein Kaasa, MD, PhD
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Palliative Medicine Unit, Department of Oncology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
European Palliative Care Research Collaborative

,Accepted 14 May 2009.

Percentage of population within each age group that required assistance when filling in the computerized symptom and mobility assessment.

Percentage of population within each age group that required assistance when filling in the computerized symptom and mobility assessment.
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Percentage of population within each Karnofsky Performance Status group that required assistance when filling in the computerized symptom and mobility assessment.

Percentage of population within each Karnofsky Performance Status group that required assistance when filling in the computerized symptom and mobility assessment.
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Flowchart of the patient recruitment and completion of assessments. CF = cognitive function.

Flowchart of the patient recruitment and completion of assessments. CF = cognitive function.
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This work was supported by contract no. 037777 of the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme. The funding source had no involvement in study design, data collection, analyses and interpretation of data, writing of manuscript, or submission for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00746-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.015

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Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 827-836 , December 2009