69 Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) contribute to the assessment and treatment of cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Paper-based symptom assessments are cumbersome and time-consuming. Electronic assessments are an efficient alternative. This study describes CRF Clinic patients at a major cancer Institution, the time they required to complete self-reported CRF symptom assessments via a tablet computer (iPad), and the factors influencing PRO assessment completion time. Methods: From 1/1/2011 to 8/21/2012, 190 newly-referred CRF Clinic patients utilized an iPad to complete standardized CRF symptom assessments for: fatigue, pain, depression, anxiety, stress, sleepiness, and apathy. A web-based assessment module (BrightOutcome) was employed, which recorded assessment start and completion times. Non-Parametric test statistics were utilized for analysis. Results: Of the initial 190 patients, 3 were excluded due to non-cancer diagnoses and 1 was excluded due to an erroneous completion time of 8,903 minutes. Sample size is 186 patients; mean age was 55.49 years (range: 31-89); 69.4% (n = 119) were female. Patient mean fatigue score (Brief Fatigue Inventory) was 6.4. Mean assessment completion time was 16.73 minutes (range: 4-47). Assessments took longer to complete for patients ≥ 65 years (mean: 21.53 minutes; range: 9-43), males (mean of 18.3 vs. 16 minutes for females), patients with severe fatigue (7-10) (mean 18.31 minutes; range: 4-47), greatest apathy (38-72) (mean: 19.5 minutes; range 8-47), those with active cancer (mean: 18.02 minutes vs. 15.15 minutes in cancer survivors), and those with 2 or more comorbidities (mean: 18.41 minutes vs. 15.86 minutes in those with less than 2 comorbidities). Pain severity and interference, anxiety, depression, stress, and sleepiness did not statistically significantly impact assessment completion time. Conclusions: Patients who are older, male, fatigued, apathetic, with active cancer or with 2 or more comorbidities may require longer in-clinic time to complete standard symptom assessments. Further studies exploring these and other patient characteristics potentially impacting the integration of new technologies into patient care and research are warranted.
PCN32 INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES AND PERCEPTIONS OF CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
