The ongoinging demographic change will increase the demands on health care with an increase of old people suffering from long-term conditions in need of care. One way of meeting this increasing demand is to combine the use of modern technology and the involvement of patients by letting patients monitor their health themselves.  The use of patient-generated health data (PGHD) can benefit both patients and the health care and is an area that is being studied internationally. In this thesis work, two parts of the area of using PGHD in health care have been studied. First eleven professionals from the field of health care (both medical professionals, strategists and project leaders) were interviewed regarding their opinions on PGHD. They were generally positive to the phenomena and mentioned several types of measurements they found to be suited for PGHD. Among these measurement types were blood pressure, weight, blood glucose, electrocardiogram (ECG), peak expiratory flow (PEF), blood oxygen saturation and a variety of blood tests. The professionals found the greatest benets of PGHD to be the increased freedom and quality of life it offers to patients and the increased engagement to their own care it may lead to. The greatest concerns were related to technology problems and the patients using the measurement devices incorrectly. The second part of the work investigated how measurements of weight, blood pressure and ECG would be transferred from the device used by the patient to the electronic health record (EHR) in a standardized way. For the transfer being standardized, the study followed the Continua design guidelines (CDG), which are based on international standards and aim to achieve plug-and-play interoperability among health care devices and systems. This part of the study was carried out by studying the CDG documents as well as the standards to which they refer. The measurement data from the three device types were all described to be handled as numeric values, but in different formats. The weight is a single value, the blood pressure is a compound of values: systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure, and the ECG is an array of values. All measurement data is contained in a specic message together with additional data such as device type, device manufacturer, a reference ID and the date and time of the measurement. The data message is transferred from the measurement device to an application hosting device (AHD) with either a touch area network interface (using Near-Field Communications), personal area network interface (using USB or Bluetooth communication) or local area network interface (using ZigBee communication). From the AHD the data transfer chain continues until the data reaches the EHR.

Introdução: O câncer de pulmão é um dos tipos mais comuns de câncer, sendo ele responsável pelo maior número de mortes por neoplasias no mundo. Pacientes com câncer de pulmão apresentam alta prevalência de desnutrição, que está relacionada com piora do prognóstico. A desnutrição ocorre em 60% dos pacientes no momento do diagnóstico, levando a um mau prognóstico, independente do estágio do tumor. Avaliação nutricional de pacientes com câncer deve ser realizada à luz de qualquer proposta terapêutica, ainda que esta seja paliativa. Neste sentido, o método validado de Avaliação Subjetiva Global Produzida pelo Próprio Paciente (ASG-PPP) e adaptado por Ottery et al para pacientes oncológicos a partir da Avaliação Subjetiva Global, ajuda a identificar precocemente os pacientes que estão em risco nutricional. A nutrição é fundamental nestes pacientes em doença avançada, pois fornece a quantidade adequada de nutrientes, tem um importante papel psicológico, social, espiritual e cultural, além de ajudar a manter um sentido de autonomia e bem-estar. Objetivo: Relacionar a Capacidade Funcional através do índice de Karnofsky e o estado nutricional, sinais e sintomas avaliados pelo método subjetivo (ASG-PPP), com a sobrevida de pacientes com neoplasia pulmonar mestastática. Pacientes e métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, constituído por 51 pacientes, ambos os sexos, portadores de neoplasia pulmonar com doença metastática em estadiamento IIIb e IV, atendidos em nível ambulatorial e hospitalar no Hospital Santa Rita, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. A sobrevida dos pacientes foi verificada ao final do estudo, através de revisão de prontuários e contato telefônico com o responsável pelo paciente. Resultados: Os pacientes apresentaram-se com idade 61,84±10,83 anos (40 a 82 anos); 34 (66,7%) eram gênero masculino e 17 (33,3%) do feminino. A mediana do tempo de sobrevida foi de 186 dias (IC 95%: 158,8; 213,2). Os pacientes internados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=145 dias (IC 95%=135 - 155) aos que foram atendidos ambulatorialmente (mediana=221 dias (IC 95%=199 - 243). Os pacientes em estágio IV tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=176 dias; IC 95%=127 - 225) àqueles em estágio IIIb (mediana=221; IC 95%=147 - 295). Os pacientes com metástase hepática tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=74 - 155) aos sem metástase hepática (mediana=199; IC 95%=174 - 224). Os pacientes com metástase pleural apresentaram sobrevida significativamente superior (mediana=386 dias; IC 95%=129 - 643) aos sem metástase pleural (mediana=174; IC 95%=133 - 214). Não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as curvas de sobrevida dos diferentes estágios nutricionais (teste de log rank; p=0,651). Os acamados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=87 - 143) que os com capacidade física normal (mediana=255 dias; IC 95%=202 - 308). Quanto maior a depleção corporal total, pior a sobrevida do paciente (p=0,014). O aumento de 1 ponto neste item da ASG-PPP (RDI=1,70; IC 95%=1,12 – 2,59) pode aumentar o risco de óbito, em média 70%. O índice de Karnofsky também se associou significativamente com a sobrevida (p=0,016), sendo que para um aumento de 10% na escala de nível de desempenho, o risco de óbito diminuiu em 23% (RDI=0,77; IC 95%=0,76 – 0,79). Os sintomas mais prevalentes que afetaram a alimentação entre os pacientes foram a falta de apetite (66,7%), depressão (51%) e dor (39,2%) e os menos relatados foram dor na boca e vômitos (5,9%). Os fatores que permaneceram associados estatisticamente com o óbito após o ajuste pela análise multivariada de Regressão de Cox foram metástase hepática e internação hospitalar como fatores de risco para óbito e metástase pleural e melhor índice de Karnofsky como fatores protetores. Conclusão: A sobrevida dos pacientes eutróficos foi levemente superior a dos pacientes em risco nutricional e a dos severamente desnutridos. Quanto maior a depleção corporal total e pior o índice de Karnofsky maior o risco de óbito. Não foi encontrada uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre os valores de Hemograma, Albumina Sérica e Contagem Total de Linfócitos (CTL) com o estado nutricional da população em estudo e a sobrevida. / Introduction: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and it is today the most lethal of the neoplastic diseases. Patients with lung cancer show high prevalence of malnutrition, the latter being related to worsening of the prognosis. Malnutrition occurs in 60% of the patients at the moment of diagnosis, leading to a bad prognosis, regardless of the tumor stage. Nutritional evaluation of patients with cancer should be conducted in the light of a therapeutic proposal, even if it’s palliative. In this way, the validated method Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), adapted by Ottery et al for oncologic patients from the questionnaire of Subjective Global Assessment, helps to precociously identify patients that are in nutritional risk. Nutrition is fundamental in these patients with advanced disease for it supplies the adequate amount of nutrients, performs an important psychological, spiritual and cultural role, besides helping to build a sense of autonomy and well-being. Objective: to relate Functional Capacity through the Karnofsky Index and the nutritional state, signs and symptoms evaluated by the subjective method (PG-SGA), to the survival of patients with metastatic pulmonary neoplasia. Patients and methods: It’s a transversal study, constituted by 51 patients, both genders, carriers of pulmonary neoplasia with metastatic disease on stages IIIb and IV, both in and outpatients at Santa Rita Hospital, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. The survival of the patients in the study was assessed at the end of the study, through review of the chart and phone contact with the patient’s keeper. Results: The average age is 61.84 (± 10.83 varying between 40 and 82), being 34 (66.7%) male and 17 (33.3%) female. The median of survival is 186 days (CI 95%; 158.8; 213.2). The inpatients have a significantly inferior survival (median=145 days; CI 95%=135 – 155) than the outpatients (median=221 days; CI 95%=199 – 243). Patients on stage IV have a significantly inferior survival (median=176 days; CI 95%=127 - 225) than patients on stage IIIb (median=221; CI 95%= 147 - 295). Patients with hepatic metastasis have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=74 - 155) than patients without hepatic metastasis (median=199 days; CI 95%=174 - 224). Patients with pleural metastasis have a significantly superior survival (median=386 days; CI 95%=129 – 643) than patients without pleural metastasis (median=174; CI 95%=133 – 214). There was no meaningful statistical difference between survival curves of different nutritional stages (log rank test; p=0,652). Bedridden patients have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=87 – 143) than patients with normal physical capacity (median=255 days; CI 95%=202 – 308). The higher the total body depletion, the lower the patient survival (p=0.014). The increase of 1 point in this item of the PG-SGA (IDR=1.70; CI 95%=1.12 – 2.59) may increase risk of death, averagely, by 70%. Karnofsky index was also significantly associated with survival (p=0.016), seeing that for an increase of 10% in the performance scale the risk of death decreased in 23% (IDR=0.77; CI 95%=0.76 – 0.79). The most prevalent symptoms that affect nourishment among the patients were lack of appetite (66.7%), depression (51%) and pain (39.2%) and the least mentioned were mouth pain and vomit (5.9%). Factors that remain statistically associated with death after the adjust by the multivariate analysis by regression of Cox were hepatic metastasis and hospital internment as risk factors for death, and pleural metastasis and better Karnofsky index as protective factors. Conclusion: The survival of eutrophic patients was mildly superior to that of patients in nutritional risk and to that of severely malnourished patients. The higher the total body depletion and the worse the Karnofsky index, the higher the risk of death. No significant statistical association was found between Hemogram, Serum Albumin, and Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) with the nutritional status of the population in study and survival.

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Introdução: O câncer de pulmão é um dos tipos mais comuns de câncer, sendo ele responsável pelo maior número de mortes por neoplasias no mundo. Pacientes com câncer de pulmão apresentam alta prevalência de desnutrição, que está relacionada com piora do prognóstico. A desnutrição ocorre em 60% dos pacientes no momento do diagnóstico, levando a um mau prognóstico, independente do estágio do tumor. Avaliação nutricional de pacientes com câncer deve ser realizada à luz de qualquer proposta terapêutica, ainda que esta seja paliativa. Neste sentido, o método validado de Avaliação Subjetiva Global Produzida pelo Próprio Paciente (ASG-PPP) e adaptado por Ottery et al para pacientes oncológicos a partir da Avaliação Subjetiva Global, ajuda a identificar precocemente os pacientes que estão em risco nutricional. A nutrição é fundamental nestes pacientes em doença avançada, pois fornece a quantidade adequada de nutrientes, tem um importante papel psicológico, social, espiritual e cultural, além de ajudar a manter um sentido de autonomia e bem-estar. Objetivo: Relacionar a Capacidade Funcional através do índice de Karnofsky e o estado nutricional, sinais e sintomas avaliados pelo método subjetivo (ASG-PPP), com a sobrevida de pacientes com neoplasia pulmonar mestastática. Pacientes e métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, constituído por 51 pacientes, ambos os sexos, portadores de neoplasia pulmonar com doença metastática em estadiamento IIIb e IV, atendidos em nível ambulatorial e hospitalar no Hospital Santa Rita, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. A sobrevida dos pacientes foi verificada ao final do estudo, através de revisão de prontuários e contato telefônico com o responsável pelo paciente. Resultados: Os pacientes apresentaram-se com idade 61,84±10,83 anos (40 a 82 anos); 34 (66,7%) eram gênero masculino e 17 (33,3%) do feminino. A mediana do tempo de sobrevida foi de 186 dias (IC 95%: 158,8; 213,2). Os pacientes internados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=145 dias (IC 95%=135 - 155) aos que foram atendidos ambulatorialmente (mediana=221 dias (IC 95%=199 - 243). Os pacientes em estágio IV tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=176 dias; IC 95%=127 - 225) àqueles em estágio IIIb (mediana=221; IC 95%=147 - 295). Os pacientes com metástase hepática tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=74 - 155) aos sem metástase hepática (mediana=199; IC 95%=174 - 224). Os pacientes com metástase pleural apresentaram sobrevida significativamente superior (mediana=386 dias; IC 95%=129 - 643) aos sem metástase pleural (mediana=174; IC 95%=133 - 214). Não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as curvas de sobrevida dos diferentes estágios nutricionais (teste de log rank; p=0,651). Os acamados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=87 - 143) que os com capacidade física normal (mediana=255 dias; IC 95%=202 - 308). Quanto maior a depleção corporal total, pior a sobrevida do paciente (p=0,014). O aumento de 1 ponto neste item da ASG-PPP (RDI=1,70; IC 95%=1,12 – 2,59) pode aumentar o risco de óbito, em média 70%. O índice de Karnofsky também se associou significativamente com a sobrevida (p=0,016), sendo que para um aumento de 10% na escala de nível de desempenho, o risco de óbito diminuiu em 23% (RDI=0,77; IC 95%=0,76 – 0,79). Os sintomas mais prevalentes que afetaram a alimentação entre os pacientes foram a falta de apetite (66,7%), depressão (51%) e dor (39,2%) e os menos relatados foram dor na boca e vômitos (5,9%). Os fatores que permaneceram associados estatisticamente com o óbito após o ajuste pela análise multivariada de Regressão de Cox foram metástase hepática e internação hospitalar como fatores de risco para óbito e metástase pleural e melhor índice de Karnofsky como fatores protetores. Conclusão: A sobrevida dos pacientes eutróficos foi levemente superior a dos pacientes em risco nutricional e a dos severamente desnutridos. Quanto maior a depleção corporal total e pior o índice de Karnofsky maior o risco de óbito. Não foi encontrada uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre os valores de Hemograma, Albumina Sérica e Contagem Total de Linfócitos (CTL) com o estado nutricional da população em estudo e a sobrevida. / Introduction: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and it is today the most lethal of the neoplastic diseases. Patients with lung cancer show high prevalence of malnutrition, the latter being related to worsening of the prognosis. Malnutrition occurs in 60% of the patients at the moment of diagnosis, leading to a bad prognosis, regardless of the tumor stage. Nutritional evaluation of patients with cancer should be conducted in the light of a therapeutic proposal, even if it’s palliative. In this way, the validated method Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), adapted by Ottery et al for oncologic patients from the questionnaire of Subjective Global Assessment, helps to precociously identify patients that are in nutritional risk. Nutrition is fundamental in these patients with advanced disease for it supplies the adequate amount of nutrients, performs an important psychological, spiritual and cultural role, besides helping to build a sense of autonomy and well-being. Objective: to relate Functional Capacity through the Karnofsky Index and the nutritional state, signs and symptoms evaluated by the subjective method (PG-SGA), to the survival of patients with metastatic pulmonary neoplasia. Patients and methods: It’s a transversal study, constituted by 51 patients, both genders, carriers of pulmonary neoplasia with metastatic disease on stages IIIb and IV, both in and outpatients at Santa Rita Hospital, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. The survival of the patients in the study was assessed at the end of the study, through review of the chart and phone contact with the patient’s keeper. Results: The average age is 61.84 (± 10.83 varying between 40 and 82), being 34 (66.7%) male and 17 (33.3%) female. The median of survival is 186 days (CI 95%; 158.8; 213.2). The inpatients have a significantly inferior survival (median=145 days; CI 95%=135 – 155) than the outpatients (median=221 days; CI 95%=199 – 243). Patients on stage IV have a significantly inferior survival (median=176 days; CI 95%=127 - 225) than patients on stage IIIb (median=221; CI 95%= 147 - 295). Patients with hepatic metastasis have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=74 - 155) than patients without hepatic metastasis (median=199 days; CI 95%=174 - 224). Patients with pleural metastasis have a significantly superior survival (median=386 days; CI 95%=129 – 643) than patients without pleural metastasis (median=174; CI 95%=133 – 214). There was no meaningful statistical difference between survival curves of different nutritional stages (log rank test; p=0,652). Bedridden patients have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=87 – 143) than patients with normal physical capacity (median=255 days; CI 95%=202 – 308). The higher the total body depletion, the lower the patient survival (p=0.014). The increase of 1 point in this item of the PG-SGA (IDR=1.70; CI 95%=1.12 – 2.59) may increase risk of death, averagely, by 70%. Karnofsky index was also significantly associated with survival (p=0.016), seeing that for an increase of 10% in the performance scale the risk of death decreased in 23% (IDR=0.77; CI 95%=0.76 – 0.79). The most prevalent symptoms that affect nourishment among the patients were lack of appetite (66.7%), depression (51%) and pain (39.2%) and the least mentioned were mouth pain and vomit (5.9%). Factors that remain statistically associated with death after the adjust by the multivariate analysis by regression of Cox were hepatic metastasis and hospital internment as risk factors for death, and pleural metastasis and better Karnofsky index as protective factors. Conclusion: The survival of eutrophic patients was mildly superior to that of patients in nutritional risk and to that of severely malnourished patients. The higher the total body depletion and the worse the Karnofsky index, the higher the risk of death. No significant statistical association was found between Hemogram, Serum Albumin, and Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) with the nutritional status of the population in study and survival.

Introdução: O câncer de pulmão é um dos tipos mais comuns de câncer, sendo ele responsável pelo maior número de mortes por neoplasias no mundo. Pacientes com câncer de pulmão apresentam alta prevalência de desnutrição, que está relacionada com piora do prognóstico. A desnutrição ocorre em 60% dos pacientes no momento do diagnóstico, levando a um mau prognóstico, independente do estágio do tumor. Avaliação nutricional de pacientes com câncer deve ser realizada à luz de qualquer proposta terapêutica, ainda que esta seja paliativa. Neste sentido, o método validado de Avaliação Subjetiva Global Produzida pelo Próprio Paciente (ASG-PPP) e adaptado por Ottery et al para pacientes oncológicos a partir da Avaliação Subjetiva Global, ajuda a identificar precocemente os pacientes que estão em risco nutricional. A nutrição é fundamental nestes pacientes em doença avançada, pois fornece a quantidade adequada de nutrientes, tem um importante papel psicológico, social, espiritual e cultural, além de ajudar a manter um sentido de autonomia e bem-estar. Objetivo: Relacionar a Capacidade Funcional através do índice de Karnofsky e o estado nutricional, sinais e sintomas avaliados pelo método subjetivo (ASG-PPP), com a sobrevida de pacientes com neoplasia pulmonar mestastática. Pacientes e métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, constituído por 51 pacientes, ambos os sexos, portadores de neoplasia pulmonar com doença metastática em estadiamento IIIb e IV, atendidos em nível ambulatorial e hospitalar no Hospital Santa Rita, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. A sobrevida dos pacientes foi verificada ao final do estudo, através de revisão de prontuários e contato telefônico com o responsável pelo paciente. Resultados: Os pacientes apresentaram-se com idade 61,84±10,83 anos (40 a 82 anos); 34 (66,7%) eram gênero masculino e 17 (33,3%) do feminino. A mediana do tempo de sobrevida foi de 186 dias (IC 95%: 158,8; 213,2). Os pacientes internados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=145 dias (IC 95%=135 - 155) aos que foram atendidos ambulatorialmente (mediana=221 dias (IC 95%=199 - 243). Os pacientes em estágio IV tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=176 dias; IC 95%=127 - 225) àqueles em estágio IIIb (mediana=221; IC 95%=147 - 295). Os pacientes com metástase hepática tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=74 - 155) aos sem metástase hepática (mediana=199; IC 95%=174 - 224). Os pacientes com metástase pleural apresentaram sobrevida significativamente superior (mediana=386 dias; IC 95%=129 - 643) aos sem metástase pleural (mediana=174; IC 95%=133 - 214). Não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as curvas de sobrevida dos diferentes estágios nutricionais (teste de log rank; p=0,651). Os acamados tiveram sobrevida significativamente inferior (mediana=115 dias; IC 95%=87 - 143) que os com capacidade física normal (mediana=255 dias; IC 95%=202 - 308). Quanto maior a depleção corporal total, pior a sobrevida do paciente (p=0,014). O aumento de 1 ponto neste item da ASG-PPP (RDI=1,70; IC 95%=1,12 – 2,59) pode aumentar o risco de óbito, em média 70%. O índice de Karnofsky também se associou significativamente com a sobrevida (p=0,016), sendo que para um aumento de 10% na escala de nível de desempenho, o risco de óbito diminuiu em 23% (RDI=0,77; IC 95%=0,76 – 0,79). Os sintomas mais prevalentes que afetaram a alimentação entre os pacientes foram a falta de apetite (66,7%), depressão (51%) e dor (39,2%) e os menos relatados foram dor na boca e vômitos (5,9%). Os fatores que permaneceram associados estatisticamente com o óbito após o ajuste pela análise multivariada de Regressão de Cox foram metástase hepática e internação hospitalar como fatores de risco para óbito e metástase pleural e melhor índice de Karnofsky como fatores protetores. Conclusão: A sobrevida dos pacientes eutróficos foi levemente superior a dos pacientes em risco nutricional e a dos severamente desnutridos. Quanto maior a depleção corporal total e pior o índice de Karnofsky maior o risco de óbito. Não foi encontrada uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre os valores de Hemograma, Albumina Sérica e Contagem Total de Linfócitos (CTL) com o estado nutricional da população em estudo e a sobrevida. / Introduction: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and it is today the most lethal of the neoplastic diseases. Patients with lung cancer show high prevalence of malnutrition, the latter being related to worsening of the prognosis. Malnutrition occurs in 60% of the patients at the moment of diagnosis, leading to a bad prognosis, regardless of the tumor stage. Nutritional evaluation of patients with cancer should be conducted in the light of a therapeutic proposal, even if it’s palliative. In this way, the validated method Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), adapted by Ottery et al for oncologic patients from the questionnaire of Subjective Global Assessment, helps to precociously identify patients that are in nutritional risk. Nutrition is fundamental in these patients with advanced disease for it supplies the adequate amount of nutrients, performs an important psychological, spiritual and cultural role, besides helping to build a sense of autonomy and well-being. Objective: to relate Functional Capacity through the Karnofsky Index and the nutritional state, signs and symptoms evaluated by the subjective method (PG-SGA), to the survival of patients with metastatic pulmonary neoplasia. Patients and methods: It’s a transversal study, constituted by 51 patients, both genders, carriers of pulmonary neoplasia with metastatic disease on stages IIIb and IV, both in and outpatients at Santa Rita Hospital, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre. The survival of the patients in the study was assessed at the end of the study, through review of the chart and phone contact with the patient’s keeper. Results: The average age is 61.84 (± 10.83 varying between 40 and 82), being 34 (66.7%) male and 17 (33.3%) female. The median of survival is 186 days (CI 95%; 158.8; 213.2). The inpatients have a significantly inferior survival (median=145 days; CI 95%=135 – 155) than the outpatients (median=221 days; CI 95%=199 – 243). Patients on stage IV have a significantly inferior survival (median=176 days; CI 95%=127 - 225) than patients on stage IIIb (median=221; CI 95%= 147 - 295). Patients with hepatic metastasis have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=74 - 155) than patients without hepatic metastasis (median=199 days; CI 95%=174 - 224). Patients with pleural metastasis have a significantly superior survival (median=386 days; CI 95%=129 – 643) than patients without pleural metastasis (median=174; CI 95%=133 – 214). There was no meaningful statistical difference between survival curves of different nutritional stages (log rank test; p=0,652). Bedridden patients have a significantly inferior survival (median=115 days; CI 95%=87 – 143) than patients with normal physical capacity (median=255 days; CI 95%=202 – 308). The higher the total body depletion, the lower the patient survival (p=0.014). The increase of 1 point in this item of the PG-SGA (IDR=1.70; CI 95%=1.12 – 2.59) may increase risk of death, averagely, by 70%. Karnofsky index was also significantly associated with survival (p=0.016), seeing that for an increase of 10% in the performance scale the risk of death decreased in 23% (IDR=0.77; CI 95%=0.76 – 0.79). The most prevalent symptoms that affect nourishment among the patients were lack of appetite (66.7%), depression (51%) and pain (39.2%) and the least mentioned were mouth pain and vomit (5.9%). Factors that remain statistically associated with death after the adjust by the multivariate analysis by regression of Cox were hepatic metastasis and hospital internment as risk factors for death, and pleural metastasis and better Karnofsky index as protective factors. Conclusion: The survival of eutrophic patients was mildly superior to that of patients in nutritional risk and to that of severely malnourished patients. The higher the total body depletion and the worse the Karnofsky index, the higher the risk of death. No significant statistical association was found between Hemogram, Serum Albumin, and Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) with the nutritional status of the population in study and survival.

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The act of people collecting their health data through health apps on their smartphones is becoming increasingly popular. Still, it is difficult for healthcare providers to use this patient-generated health data since health apps cannot easily share its data with the health care providers’ Electronic Health Records (EHR). Simultaneously, it is becoming increasingly popular to use low-code platforms for software development. This thesis explored using low-code platforms to create applications intended to collect patient-generated health data and send it to EHRs by creating a web application prototype with the low-code platforms Mendix and Better EHR Studio. During the web application prototype development, the developer conducted a diary to capture their impressions of Mendix to show how a developer experiences developing in a low-code platform compared to traditional programming. The result shows that it is impractical to create applications intended to collect patient-generated health data with the two low-code platforms chosen. The analysis of the conducted diary showed that using a low-code platform is straightforward but also challenging for an experienced software developer.

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Our population is becoming older and with that, the development of chronic diseasesis is also expected to increase. A chronic illness is a long-term illness which lasts throughout a lifetime, or at least for a very long time. A large part of healthcare resources is already devoted to treating chronically ill patients. These patients are often dependent of both care and medication to maintain a meaningful life. To gain a holistic view of these patients health condition by one/two appointments with physicians yearly is not sufficient in order to conclude a certain health-state. The course of disease for these patients changes daily and require follow-up on disease progression continuously to adapt an appropriate treatment plan. Collecting patient-generated health data (PGHD) facilitates in the process of retrieving moreevidence for better assessment of the disease development. While there is obvious importance and benefit of using of PGHD, this data is not commonly used in healthcare.  Further investigation is needed to understand how PGHD can be more useful. This pilot study provides knowledge of the success and failure factors of using PGHD for mainly chronically ill patients, but can be applied to other patient-groups as well. The aim of this thesis work was to collect information about what suppliers, governmental organizations and healthcare professionals require for using PGHD in healthcare setting in a greater extent in the future. Methods used to gather information were participatory interviews in combination with qualitative interview questions. Pattern recognition has been created through a thematic analysis andcluster mapping. The data collection resulted in four areas of improvement; patient behaviour, healthcare organization, digitized health data and equipment. The result shows overall a positive attitude towards the concept of PGHD by all sectors asked in this project. Stakeholders agree on that PGHD can generate positive outcomes for chronically ill patients. The belief of improving workflow in healthcare with PGHD was also positive. The valuable possibilities generated with PGHD are tailored careflows, improved evaluation of disease status and enhanced quality of care and well-being among others. Additionally, several ongoing projects are taking place, which demonstrate great interest in the area. However, before PGHD can be prescribed by healthcare, studies have to be performed including development of national guidelines for reporting PGHD, building a secure infrastructure and introducing new work routines. Future work will be applying AI-analysis of reported PGHD to facilitate the work of caregivers and development of secure storing solutions for instance with block-chain technology. / Vår befolkning blir äldre och med det förväntas utvecklingen av kroniska sjukdomar också att öka. En kronisk sjukdom kallas också för en långvarig sjukdom som varar under hela livet eller åtminstonde under mycket lång tid. En stor del av vårdresurserna ägnas redan åt att behandla kroniskt sjuka patienter. Dessa patienter är ofta beroende av både vård och medicinering för att upprätthålla ett meningsfullt liv. För att få en helhetssyn på dessa patienters hälsotillstånd krävs mer än en eller två möten med sjukvården årligen. Ett fåtal möten per år är inte tillräckligt för att konstatera en rättvis bild av hälsotillståndet. Sjukdomsförloppet för dessa patienter förändras dagligen och kräver fortlöpande uppföljning av sjukdomsutvecklingen för att förstå och anpassa en lämplig behandlingsplan. Insamling av patientgenererad hälsodata (PGHD) underlättar och hjälper till i denna process. Det finns uppenbarliga fördelar med PGHD, men datan används inte vanligtvis i sjukvården. Ytterligare forskning behövs för att förstå hur PGHD kan vara mer användbart. Denna pilotstudie ger kunskap om inflytelserika faktorer för att använda PGHD för huvudsakligen kroniskt sjuka patienter, men kan också tillämpas på andra patientgrupper. Syftet med detta avhandlingsarbete var att samla in information om vad leverantörer, statliga organisationer och vårdpersonal kräver för att använda PGHD i vårdmiljö i framtiden. Metoder som använts för att samla in information var deltagande intervjuer i kombination med kvalitativa intervjufrågor. Resultatet har genomgått en klusterkartläggning och tematisk analys för att skapa mönsterigenkänning. Datainsamlingen resulterade i fyra områden; patientbeteende,vårdorganisation, digitaliserad hälsodata och utrustning. Resultatet visar en positiv inställning till PGHD enligt alla deltagare i studien.Deltagarna är överens om att PGHD kan generera positiva resultat för kroniskt sjuka patienter. Tron att förbättra arbetsflödet inom hälso-och sjukvård med PGHD var också positiv. De värdefulla möjligheterna som genereras med PGHD är bl.a. skräddarsydda vårdflöden, förbättrad utvärdering av sjukdomstatus och förbattradk valitet på vård och välmående bland andra. Dessutom pågår flera pågående projekt som visar stort intresse för området. Innan PGHD kan börja förskrivas av hälsovården måste det utföras fler studier som inkluderar framtagning av nationellariktlinjer för rapportering av PGHD, byggandet av en säker infrastruktur och introduktion av nya arbetsrutiner. Framtida arbete kvarstår dår tillämpning av AI analysmodeller på rapporterad PGHD samt utveckling av säkra lagringslösningar, förslagsvis med blockkedjeteknik, bör vidareutvecklas.