Development of CaReScreen, a Digital Health Tool for Assessing Late Effects and Cancer Rehabilitation Needs in Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Qualitative Development and Formative Design Study.

BACKGROUND: Due to advances in cancer diagnostics and treatments, life expectancy after cancer and the number of cancer survivors are increasing. Symptoms and late effects frequently occur in cancer survivors, with a negative impact on functioning and participation in society. Digital health tools might be helpful to systematically assess symptom burden of late effects and rehabilitation needs. OBJECTIVE: This paper …

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Patient Perspectives on Prostate Cancer Prehabilitation: A Qualitative Study Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to Investigate Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement.

Cancer prehabilitation aims to improve outcomes by helping patients physically and mentally prepare for treatment. This qualitative study aimed to investigate barriers and facilitators to engaging in prostate cancer prehabilitation and create recommendations for designing interventions. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore perspectives on cancer prehabilitation among men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Alberta, Canada. Interviews were thematically analyzed to …

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