ESTRO 37 Abstract book

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Results Twelve patients with a median age of 63.5y (49-80y) were included. Ten patients already used smartphones privately. After a short introduction, all patients but one were able to handle the smartphone and the in-house developed app for assessment of pain and distress. Two of 12 patients were concerned about data security and privacy, two patients suffered from severe fatigue and were negative about the task carrying the phone with them the whole day long. Overall, patients were generally interested in a study using wearables. Due to handiness smaller version of smartphones were preferred. Concerning the app design the only wish expressed were big numeric. Conclusion Severely ill patients were willing to give their feedback on mobile health devices. Experiences and opinions were heterogeneous; yet we gained some relevant information for the planned feasibility study. Overall, the large majority of the screened population was both willing and would have been able to participate in a study using smartphones and wearables. EP-1685 Longitudinal study of publication rates from Australasian radiation oncology scientific meetings J. Croker 1 , S. Bydder 2 1 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, MURDOCH, Australia 2 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, NEDLANDS, Australia Purpose or Objective To evaluate the publication rate of abstracts presented over four Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) annual scientific meetings and make comparison with a previous analysis of the years 1996-1999 to analyse change in publication rates over time. Material and Methods Oral presentations and poster abstracts for four consecutive RANZCR annual scientific meetings (2009- 2013) were identified from the published programs and electronic poster online system. A systematic review was undertaken of the Medline database (http://www.pubmed.gov) to identify abstracts that resulted in published articles approximately four years after the last conference. The Abstract to Publication Ratio (APR) was calculated and comparison made between the disciplines of radiology and radiation oncology and between Australian and internationally authored abstracts. Results were then compared with the previous assessment of the RANZCR assessment from a decade earlier, and with current national and international studies. Results Over a four-year period, a total of 844 abstracts were presented resulting in 313 publications in Medline- indexed journals; an overall APR of 37%, comparable to previously assessment of years 1996-1999 (35%). The overall APR for radiology theme papers was 32% (range 24-37%), which was less than the APR for radiation oncology which was 55% (range 23-66%) over the same period. This represented a 3% average increase in the radiology APR compared with the 1996-1999 average, and 18% average increase for radiation oncology. The mean time between presentation and publication for 2010-2013 was 19.6 months, which is 3 months longer that in 1996-1999. The median time of 17 months was the same over time periods. Almost two-thirds (63%) of

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EP-1684 Mobile health technology in severely ill patients M. Pavic 1 , G. Theile 1 , M. Guckenberger 1 , G. Tröster 2 , V. Klaas 2 1 University Hospital Zürich, Radiooncology/Competence Center Palliative Care, Zurich, Switzerland 2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Wearable Computing Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland Purpose or Objective Discharge from hospital is known to be a vulnerable phase in palliative patients’ trajectories. Unplanned emergency readmissions are frequent because quality of care after discharge is influenced by many different factors that cannot be easily influenced. The use of mobile technology in medical research and services has been growing fast over the past years. One reason for this development is the chance to gather patient-related data in a passive continuous real-time way. In order to plan a feasibility study, aiming to investigate patients` acceptance and technical feasibility of mobile health in palliative care patients being discharged from hospital, we conducted this pre-study to evaluate different models of mobile phones, tracking bracelets and app design as well as the perception of the study idea by patients Material and Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients hospitalized on the inpatient ward of the Department of Radiation-Oncology, which included specialized palliative care. Inclusion criteria were age > 18, a severe medical condition (metastatic cancer or sever cardiac / pulmonary disease), ECOG ≤2/KPS≥ 50%, no relevant cognitive impairment and good knowledge of German language. The interviews were designed to learn about patients’ attitude towards the use of mobile health devices, to collect motivational reasons for patients to use a monitoring system and join a study using health technology and to gather information relevant for system design.