Patient Willingness to Use Digital Health Technologies: A Quantitative and Qualitative Survey in Patients with Cancer Cachexia.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to gain insights into the patients' perspectives on the impact of cancer cachexia on physical activity and their willingness to wear digital health technology (DHT) devices in clinical trials.

Patients And Methods: We administered a quantitative 20-minute online survey on aspects of physical activity (on a 0-100 scale) to 50 patients with cancer cachexia recruited through Rare Patient Voice, LLC. A subset of 10 patients took part in qualitative 45-minute web-based interviews with a demonstration of DHT devices.