Innovative approach to designing user-centred digital solutions for plastic surgery patients with non-melanoma skin cancer.

ABSTRACT: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most common malignancy in fair-skinned patients. NMSCs incidence increases with age, and as the worldwide population is constantly ageing, the management of patients with NMSCs poses a considerable burden on healthcare systems. This study aimed to identify key digital solutions addressing the unmet needs of individuals with a NMSCs profile, through an adaptation of the "Blueprint on Digital Transformation in Health and Care in an Ageing Society" (Blueprint) user-centred design methodology. A phone survey was administered to 87 patients treated at the Plastic Surgery Unit of Federico II University Hospital from 2022 to 2023, to analyse the demographic, clinical and social characteristics of NMSCs patients. The theoretical elaboration of NMSCs person

SUBMITTER: Cavaliere A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12665651 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature