Quality of life (QoL) indicators are now being adopted as clinical outcomes in clinical\ntrials on cancer treatments. Technology-free daily monitoring of patients is complicated,\ntime-consuming and expensive due to the need for vast amounts of resources and personnel. The\nalternative method of using the patientsâ?? own phones could reduce the burden of continuous\nmonitoring of cancer patients in clinical trials. This paper proposes monitoring the patientsâ?? QoL by\ngathering data from their own phones. We considered that the continuous multiparametric\nacquisition of movement, location, phone calls, conversations and data use could be employed to\nsimultaneously monitor their physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects. An open\naccess phone app was developed (Human Dynamics Reporting Service (HDRS)) to implement this\napproach. We here propose a novel mapping between the standardized QoL items for these\npatients, the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life\nQuestionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and define HDRS monitoring indicators. A pilot study with\nuniversity volunteers verified the plausibility of detecting human activity indicators directly\nrelated to QoL.
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