A study of computerised hospital discharge data in Scotland has suggested that patients with colorectal cancer from deprived areas are less likely to be treated with chemotherapy (Mcleod, 1999).
This finding supports the results of a study of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for depression, in which freedom and anonymity were found to be motivating factors contributing to adherence to online self-help [ 25].
In a further study of computerised tomographic (CT) scans before and after treatment in patients whose tumours either responded to chemotherapy or continued to grow, change in PHR (median proportion of PHR change = 0.40) significantly (P = 0.04) underestimated the change in tumour volume (median proportion of tumour volume change = 0.56), particularly at higher (> 400 ml) volumes.
The study was able to examine barriers and facilitators to engagement within the context of the REEACT trial, the largest independent study to date of computerised therapy.
The interventions had been evaluated in studies from 3 months to 3 years, and most studies involved a comparison of computerised drug order entry systems, with or without clinical decision support systems (CDSS), and/or with handwritten prescriptions.
Patients were censored at the earliest date of the following: the first emergency hospital admission in the study period, death, deregistration with the practice, last upload of computerised data or the study end date (31 December 2011).
This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of computerised response inhibition training to food on real-world energy intake and weight loss.
We censored patients at the earliest date of a diagnosis of venous thromboembolism, death, deregistration with the practice, last upload of computerised data, five years after study entry, or the study end date (30 April 2010).
Patients were censored at the earliest date of development of CKD, death, de-registration with the practice, last upload of computerised data or the study end date.
Patients were censored at the earliest date of the relevant outcome, de-registration with the practice, last upload of computerised data or the study end date (31 July 2012).
Patients were censored at the earliest date of the diagnosis of the relevant complication (blindness or lower limb amputation), death, de-registration with the practice, last upload of computerised data, or the study end date (1 August 2014).
