A self-management psychoeducational eHealth program to support and empower people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers: Development using the scrum methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth programs could be a flexible and scalable resource to support and empower people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. A face-to-face intervention that has demonstrated effectiveness is the "FOCUS" program, developed and tested in the USA. Recently the FOCUS program was translated and adapted to the European context as part of an international study in six European countries, resulting in the "FOCUS+" program. FOCUS+ served as the basis for development of the web-based iFOCUS program.

Objective

We aim to (1) describe the development process of the iFOCUS program, (2) outline the challenges we encountered and how they were overcome, and (3) present findings regarding the acceptability and usability of iFOCUS.

Methods

We used the four phas

SUBMITTER: Van Goethem V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10428037 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature