Information needs in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy - A qualitative review with thematic synthesis.

PURPOSE: Worldwide, bladder cancer is the eleventh most common cancer. Self-care is significant after surgery and optimal information needs to be individualized. This will help the patient to understand and become involved in their own care. This study investigated experiences of information needs in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy. METHODS: A qualitative review study with a thematic synthesis according to the PRISMA Statement Guidelines was performed. RESULTS: Thirteen peer-reviewed original articles were included. This review highlighted that patient experienced unmet information needs about postoperative care and self-care. Patients also experienced receiving too much information in a limited time. This led to difficulties in understanding and processing the information. Patients also experienced limited information about sexual and psychological support and requested more information about physical activity. CONCLUSION: Information is essential but needs to be adapted and based on person-centred care principles related to the patients' needs and wishes. Unmet needs impact patients' lives and are associated with misunderstandings and insecurity, which need to be considered in cancer nursing. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: The review was not registered.

Evaluation of Parallel Coordinates: Overview, Categorization and Guidelines for Future Research.

The parallel coordinates technique is widely used for the analysis of multivariate data. During recent decades significant research efforts have been devoted to exploring the applicability of the technique and to expand upon it, resulting in a variety of extensions. Of these many research activities, a surprisingly small number concerns user-centred evaluations investigating actual use and usability issues for different tasks, data and domains. The result is a clear lack of convincing evidence to support and guide uptake by users as well as future research directions. To address these issues this paper contributes a thorough literature survey of what has been done in the area of user-centred evaluation of parallel coordinates. These evaluations are divided into four categories based on characterization of use, derived from the survey. Based on the data from the survey and the categorization combined with the authors' experience of working with parallel coordinates, a set of guidelines for future research directions is proposed.

Multi-touch table system for medical visualization: application to orthopedic surgery planning.

Medical imaging plays a central role in a vast range of healthcare practices. The usefulness of 3D visualizations has been demonstrated for many types of treatment planning. Nevertheless, full access to 3D renderings outside of the radiology department is still scarce even for many image-centric specialties. Our work stems from the hypothesis that this under-utilization is partly due to existing visualization systems not taking the prerequisites of this application domain fully into account. We have developed a medical visualization table intended to better fit the clinical reality. The overall design goals were two-fold: similarity to a real physical situation and a very low learning threshold. This paper describes the development of the visualization table with focus on key design decisions. The developed features include two novel interaction components for touch tables. A user study including five orthopedic surgeons demonstrates that the system is appropriate and useful for this application domain.

Advancing the state-of-the-art for Virtual Autopsies--initial forensic workflow study.

There are numerous advantages described of how imaging technology can support forensic examinations. However, postmortem examinations of bodies are mainly performed to address demands which differ from those of traditional clinical image processing. This needs to be kept in mind when gathering information from image data sets for forensic purposes. To support radiologists and forensic clinicians using Virtual Autopsy technologies, an initial workflow study regarding post-mortem imaging has been performed, aiming to receive an improved understanding of how Virtual Autopsy workstations, image data sets and processes can be adjusted to support and improve conventional autopsies. This paper presents potential impacts and a current forensic Virtual Autopsy workflow aiming to form a foundation for collaborative procedures that increase the value of Virtual Autopsy. The workflow study will provide an increased and mutual understanding of involved professionals. In addition, insight into future forensic workflows based on demands from both forensic and radiologist perspectives bring visualization and medical informatics researchers together to develop and improve the technology and software needed.