quality of life

Study: Fitbits, specially-stocked iPads may improve quality of life for young people with cancer

By Jonah Comstock 03:45 pm June 25, 2018

A prospective cohort study of 33 adolescent cancer patients suggests that providing a Fitbit activity tracker and an iPad equipped with specialized health apps at the time of diagnosis can increase at least subjective measures of quality of life. In the study, recently published in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, patients at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard...

Study: Telemedicine interventions for COPD rarely improve quality of life

By Jonah Comstock 02:04 pm May 4, 2016

There is little evidence that telemedicine interventions consistently improve the quality of life of COPD patients, according to a new systematic review published recently in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Researchers looked at 47 studies of telemedicine use in COPD since 2000 and analyzed 18 that met their inclusion criteria. Of those, just three showed a...