Impact of Digital Illiteracy on Remote Patient Monitoring Engagement in Oncology

Authors

E. Prospero (1), J.M. Lorphelin (2), A. Yazigi (3), C. Audigier-Valette (4), T. Grellety (5), E. Amela (6), Y.E. Amela (7), H. Pegliasco (8), M. Frelaut (9), D. de Valeriola (10), L. Polastro (11°, T. Collot (12), A. Diab (13), A. Ferreira (14), C. Ferté (15), I. Vaz-Luis (16), R. Rouzier (17), M.A. Franzoi (16).

Affiliations

1-Dermatology, CHU de Caen - Hospital Côte de Nacre, Caen, France, 2-Dermatology, CHU de Caen, Caen, France, Medical affairs, 3-Resilience SAS, Paris, France, 4-Pneumologie, Hospital Sainte Musse, Toulon, France, 5-Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque, Bayonne, France, 6-Medical oncology department, Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes (Hospital Center De Valenciennes), Valenciennes, France, 7-Department of Medical Oncology, CENTRE DE CANCEROLOGIE LES DENTELLIERES, Valenciennes, France, 8-Medical oncology department, Hôpital Européen Marseille, Marseille, France, 9-Department of medical oncology, Gustave Roussy - Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France, 10-Hôpital de Jour, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, 11-Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, 12-Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de Chalon sur Saône, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, 13- Data, Resilience Care, Paris, France, 14-Medical team, Resilience, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-Medical Department, Resilience Care, Paris, France, 16-Cancer Survivorship Group, INSERM 981, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, 17-Department of Surgery, Centre Francois Baclesse, Caen, France.

Introduction

Medical Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) based on ePROs (electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes) improves cancer care, yet digital illiteracy remains a barrier to its systematic adoption. Healthcare professionals' perceptions—often influenced by patients' age or socioeconomic status—or patients' self-reported digital difficulties can affect engagement with remote monitoring. This study evaluated how healthcare professionals' perceptions and patients' self-declared digital literacy influence the use of remote monitoring and symptom control in oncology.