Developing, Piloting and Evaluating a Patient Support Portal for Men With Prostate Cancer in Victoria: An Action Research Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Men with prostate cancer (PCa) and their support providers face challenges in accessing high-quality, impartial information tailored to their specific needs to enhance their overall care and decision-making. We describe the development, piloting and evaluation of the co-designed web portal 'BroSupPORT'.

Methods

IT teams developed and integrated BroSupPORT into the Victorian Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry (PCOR-Vic) electronic patient-reported outcome follow-up process. A comparator tool was built enabling men to compare their patient-reported outcome results against men of similar age, risk profile and after the same treatment. PCOR-Vic participants were invited to access BroSupPORT after 12 months of follow-up patient-reported outcome measure completion. Fac

SUBMITTER: Shemesh B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743188 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature