Asian Oncol Nurs.  2021 Dec;21(4):183-193. 10.5388/aon.2021.21.4.183.

The Development and Application Effects of a Fatigue Self-Care Smartphone Application for Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

• Mo MH

• KMID: 2523656
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2021.21.4.183

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop a fatigue self-care smartphone application and to evaluate its effectiveness so that lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy can reduce fatigue autonomously.
Methods
After reviewing literature and evaluating experts and users, it developed ‘SMART FSC (Smart Fatigue Self-Care),’ which is a self-management smartphone application for fatigue. Similar experimental studies were conducted using a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized quasi-experimental design to identify the effects of SMART FSC. The study participants were recruited in D city: 22 participants were assigned to the experimental group, and 23 to the control group.
Results
As a result of testing the effectiveness of the fatigue self-care smartphone application, there was a significant difference between the pre-post fatigue scores of the experimental group. In addition, the sleep satisfaction score of the experimental group with the smartphone application was different from the sleep satisfaction score of the control group. And the difference in the pre-post sleep satisfaction scores was significantly different.
Conclusion
Study findings indicate that the fatigue self-care smartphone application developed by this study will be effective to solve the fatigue of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Keyword

Fatigue; Self-care; Mobile applications; Lung neoplasms