Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/59161, first published .
Exploring the Relationship Between Smartphone GPS Patterns and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers: Longitudinal Study

Exploring the Relationship Between Smartphone GPS Patterns and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers: Longitudinal Study

Exploring the Relationship Between Smartphone GPS Patterns and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers: Longitudinal Study

Kyungmi Lee   1 , PhD, RN ;   Andres Azuero   2 , MBA, PhD ;   Sally Engler   2 , MPH ;   Sidharth Kumar   3 , PhD ;   Frank Puga   2 , PhD ;   Alexi A Wright   4 , MPH, MD ;   Arif Kamal   5 , MHS, MBA, MD ;   Christine S Ritchie   6 , MSPH, MD ;   George Demiris   7 , FACMI, PhD ;   Marie A Bakitas   2, 8, 9 , NP-C, DNSc ;   J Nicholas Odom   2, 8, 9 , PhD, RN

1 Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States

2 School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

3 Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

4 Department of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

5 Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

6 Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

7 School of Nursing & Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

8 Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

9 Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • J Nicholas Odom, PhD, RN
  • School of Nursing
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
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  • Email: dionneod@uab.edu