ICOnnecta't: Development and initial results of a stepped psychosocial eHealth ecosystem to facilitate risk assessment and prevention of early emotional distress in breast cancer survivors' journey
Psychosocial interventions prevent emotional distress and facilitate adaptation in breast cancer (BC). However, conventional care presents accessibility barriers that eHealth has the potential to overcome. ICOnnecta¿t is a stepped digital ecosystem designed to build wellbeing and reduce psychosocial...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repositorio: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/143726 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/143726 https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14040974 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | breast cancer cancer survivors internet-based intervention psychosocial intervention cáncer de mama sobrevivientes de cancer intervención vía internet intervención psicosocial càncer de mama supervivents de cancer intervenció via internet intervenció psicosocial breast--cancer mama--càncer mamas--cancer |
| Resumo: | Psychosocial interventions prevent emotional distress and facilitate adaptation in breast cancer (BC). However, conventional care presents accessibility barriers that eHealth has the potential to overcome. ICOnnecta¿t is a stepped digital ecosystem designed to build wellbeing and reduce psychosocial risks during the cancer journey through a European-funded project. Women recently diagnosed with BC in a comprehensive cancer center were offered the ecosystem. ICOnnecta¿t consists of four care levels, provided according to users¿ distress: screening and monitoring, psychoeducation campus, peer-support community, and online-group psychotherapy. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess the platform¿s implementation, while multilevel linear models were used to study users¿ psychosocial course after diagnosis. ICOnnecta¿t showed acceptance, use and attrition rates of 57.62, 74.60, and 29.66%, respectively. Up to 76.19% of users reported being satisfied with the platform and 75.95% informed that it was easy to use. A total of 443 patients¿ needs were detected and responsively managed, leading 94.33% of users to remain in the preventive steps. In general, strong social support led to a better psychosocial course. ICOnnecta¿t has been successfully implemented. The results showed that it supported the development of a digital relation with healthcare services and opened new early support pathways. |
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