HORIZONS protocol: a UK prospective cohort study to explore recovery of health and well-being in adults diagnosed with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding the impact of cancer and its treatment on people's everyday lives will help prepare people for what to expect, enable health professionals to predict likely recovery trajectories and shape care management according to needs. HORIZONS will recruit people awaiting treatment and follow them up at regular intervals to assess recovery of health and well-being.

Research questions

What impact does cancer diagnosis and treatment have on people's lives in the short, medium and long term? What are people's health and well-being outcomes, experiences and self-management activities over time across different cancer types and what influences these? How do people connect with and relate to others in mobilising resources that enable them to self-manage the conseq

SUBMITTER: Foster C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661603 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature