Promoting or pressurising participation? A discourse analysis of online patient information resources about prehabilitation before cancer treatment.

ABSTRACT: Prehabilitation aims to improve outcomes by optimising health before treatment. Interventions typically target diet, physical activity and/or mental health. Communicating the benefits of prehabilitation may influence patients' engagement in interventions. However, the evidence for prehabilitation prior to cancer treatment is replete with uncertainties. Synthesising and communicating the efficacy of prehabilitation is challenging. This study aims to understand how evidence, motivation and accessibility are balanced in online patient-facing resources about prehabilitation. Databases, search engines and websites (identified by prehabilitation researchers) were systematically searched for patient-facing resources from UK organisations about prehabilitation before cancer treatment. Search strat

SUBMITTER: Stanley S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12725656 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature