A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention

Health education and psychosocial interventions prevent emotional distress, and the latter has been shown to have an impact on survival. In turn, digital health education interventions may help promote equity by reaching a higher number of cancer patients, both because they avoid journeys to the hos...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ciria Suárez, Laura, Costas, Laura, Flix-Valle, Aida, Serra Blasco, María, Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos, Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/189194
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/189194
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Càncer de mama
Intervenció psicològica
Malalts de càncer
Educació sanitària
Internet en medicina
Breast cancer
Psychological intervention
Cancer patients
Health education
Internet in medicine
id ES_f9fb82f78b89a77b0f48d697f22bbf7c
oai_identifier_str oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/189194
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive InterventionCiria Suárez, LauraCostas, LauraFlix-Valle, AidaSerra Blasco, MaríaMedina Alcaraz, Juan CarlosOchoa Arnedo, CristianCàncer de mamaIntervenció psicològicaMalalts de càncerEducació sanitàriaInternet en medicinaBreast cancerPsychological interventionCancer patientsHealth educationInternet in medicineHealth education and psychosocial interventions prevent emotional distress, and the latter has been shown to have an impact on survival. In turn, digital health education interventions may help promote equity by reaching a higher number of cancer patients, both because they avoid journeys to the hospital, by and having a better efficiency. A total of 234 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer in a comprehensive cancer center used the digital ecosystem ICOnnecta't from March 2019 to March 2021. ICOnnecta't consists of four care levels, provided to patients according to their level of distress. The second level of this intervention consists of an educational campus, which was analyzed to track users' interests and their information-seeking behavior. Overall, 99 out of 234 women (42.3%) used the educational campus. There were no significant differences in sociodemographic and clinical variables between the campus users and non-users. Among users, the median number of resources utilized per user was four (interquartile range: 2-9). Emotional and medical resources were the contents most frequently viewed and the audiovisual format the most consulted (p < 0.01). Resources were used mainly within the first three months from enrolment. Users who were guided to visit the virtual campus were more active than spontaneous users. Offering an early holistic health educational platform inside a digital cancer ecosystem, with health professionals involved, can reach more patients, promoting equity in the access of cancer information and prevention, from the very beginning of the disease.MDPI2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/189194Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153724Cancers, 2022, vol. 14, num. 15, p. 3724https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153724cc-by (c) Ciria Suárez, Laura et al., 2022https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1891942026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
title A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
spellingShingle A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
Ciria Suárez, Laura
Càncer de mama
Intervenció psicològica
Malalts de càncer
Educació sanitària
Internet en medicina
Breast cancer
Psychological intervention
Cancer patients
Health education
Internet in medicine
title_short A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
title_full A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
title_fullStr A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
title_full_unstemmed A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
title_sort A Digital Cancer Ecosystem to Deliver Health and Psychosocial Education as Preventive Intervention
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ciria Suárez, Laura
Costas, Laura
Flix-Valle, Aida
Serra Blasco, María
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author Ciria Suárez, Laura
author_facet Ciria Suárez, Laura
Costas, Laura
Flix-Valle, Aida
Serra Blasco, María
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author_role author
author2 Costas, Laura
Flix-Valle, Aida
Serra Blasco, María
Medina Alcaraz, Juan Carlos
Ochoa Arnedo, Cristian
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Càncer de mama
Intervenció psicològica
Malalts de càncer
Educació sanitària
Internet en medicina
Breast cancer
Psychological intervention
Cancer patients
Health education
Internet in medicine
topic Càncer de mama
Intervenció psicològica
Malalts de càncer
Educació sanitària
Internet en medicina
Breast cancer
Psychological intervention
Cancer patients
Health education
Internet in medicine
description Health education and psychosocial interventions prevent emotional distress, and the latter has been shown to have an impact on survival. In turn, digital health education interventions may help promote equity by reaching a higher number of cancer patients, both because they avoid journeys to the hospital, by and having a better efficiency. A total of 234 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer in a comprehensive cancer center used the digital ecosystem ICOnnecta't from March 2019 to March 2021. ICOnnecta't consists of four care levels, provided to patients according to their level of distress. The second level of this intervention consists of an educational campus, which was analyzed to track users' interests and their information-seeking behavior. Overall, 99 out of 234 women (42.3%) used the educational campus. There were no significant differences in sociodemographic and clinical variables between the campus users and non-users. Among users, the median number of resources utilized per user was four (interquartile range: 2-9). Emotional and medical resources were the contents most frequently viewed and the audiovisual format the most consulted (p < 0.01). Resources were used mainly within the first three months from enrolment. Users who were guided to visit the virtual campus were more active than spontaneous users. Offering an early holistic health educational platform inside a digital cancer ecosystem, with health professionals involved, can reach more patients, promoting equity in the access of cancer information and prevention, from the very beginning of the disease.
publishDate 2022
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2022
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv https://hdl.handle.net/2445/189194
url https://hdl.handle.net/2445/189194
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153724
Cancers, 2022, vol. 14, num. 15, p. 3724
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153724
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv cc-by (c) Ciria Suárez, Laura et al., 2022
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv cc-by (c) Ciria Suárez, Laura et al., 2022
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)
reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
instname:Universidad de Barcelona
instname_str Universidad de Barcelona
reponame_str Dipòsit Digital de la UB
collection Dipòsit Digital de la UB
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869425143168630784
score 15.300719

Similares en LA Referencia