routine care and mobile device application providing medical care information and social support for breast cancer women during their chemotherapy treatment

routine care for breast cancer women during their chemotherapy treatment

This study will develop a Mobile device application providing medical care information and social support for breast cancer women during their chemotherapy treatment to help them receive individually tailored information related to chemotherapy and support from healthcare professionals and peers.

The SMSES-BC scale is a 27-question tool used to assess the self-confidence level of the symptom self-care process of women with breast cancer when participants have side effects and other related symptoms during chemotherapy. There are three parts: seeking problem-solving and related resources (7 questions), dealing with symptoms related to chemotherapy (15 questions), and dealing with emotions and interpersonal troubles (5 questions). The Likert scale method is used to score. 0 points mean very unconfident, 10 points mean very confident, and the score ranges from 0 to 270 points. The higher score obtained according to the scale, the more confident of symptom management during chemotherapy among the women with breast cancer

The Social Support Scale is concerned with ways in which others affect persons' responses to stressful events. In the Social Support Scale, there is16 questions. The social support scale is divided into spouses, relatives and friends, and medical staff. The four social support functions it covers include: emotional support (questions 1-4), information support (questions 5-8), substantive support (questions 9-12), and evaluative support (13-16 questions); based on the subjective perception of the patient, the degree of support from spouses, relatives and friends, and medical staff is measured. The score is based on the Likert five-point method. The total score ranges from 16 to 80 points. The higher the score, the higher the degree of social support.

The quality of life variables in this study will use the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B), a measurement tool for breast cancer patients' health-related quality of life. It can be used to understand the quality of life of breast cancer patients in the past week. There are 37 questions in total, divided into five aspects, including: physical health (7 questions), social/family health (7 questions), emotional health (6 questions), functional health (7 questions), and additional concerns ( 10 questions). The Likert five-point method is used for scoring (0-not at all, 1-a little, 2-some, 3-equivalent, and 4-very). The score range is 0-148 points, based on each score of the respondent's self-evaluation. The higher the total score, the better the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

The Mobile Application Rating Scale-User version is a simple and reliable quality assessment tool for health-related mobile applications. There are a total of 26 questions on the scale, using a 5-point scoring method (1-Insufficient, 2-Poor, 3-Acceptable, 4-Good, 5-Excellent), in order to adapt to the different situations of each mobile application. There is also an option of "not applicable" for one question. Divided into four objective quality aspects-participation (5 questions), functionality (4 questions), aesthetics (3 questions), information quality (4 questions), a subjective quality facet (4 questions) and a The impact of healthy behavior (6 questions), there are a total of 6 dimensions. The score is presented by the average score of each quality dimension and the total scale, the highest is 5 points, and the lowest is 1 point. The higher the average score, the better the quality.