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Exploring the Feasibility of Digital Phenotyping for Mental Health Support in Cancer Survivors : A Qualitative Study
Beukeveld, I.J.M. (2025) Exploring the Feasibility of Digital Phenotyping for Mental Health Support in Cancer Survivors : A Qualitative Study.
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| Abstract: | Cancer survivors often encounter difficulties such as anxiety, depression, and fear of recurrence, which negatively impact their quality of life. Although these difficulties are prevalent, survivorship care plans frequently neglect them. Digital phenotyping, which leverages data from smartphones and wearable sensors, facilitates continuous monitoring that enhances traditional mental health assessments by delivering insights into behaviours and symptoms. This can lead to timely and targeted interventions. Nonetheless, its successful implementation faces obstacles including the intrusiveness of continuous monitoring and data privacy concerns. Through semi-structured interviews, this study examines the use of digital phenotyping for real-time mental health monitoring in cancer survivors, highlighting key facilitators and barriers to its implementation. The results indicate that digital phenotyping has the potential to enhance mental health monitoring and therapy, contingent upon patient acceptability through security, utility, and ease of use. Despite being confined to a Dutch environment and dependent on self-reported data, the study offers significant insights into the integration of digital tools in survivorship care. Thus, it emphasises the necessity of patient-centred technology that guarantees privacy and delivers clear benefits. This insight is essential for enhancing digital health tools to more effectively assist cancer survivors globally. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 44 medicine, 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104942 |
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