A Cancer Exercise Toolkit Developed Using Co-Design: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to exercise therapy for cancer survivors is poor. Professional development to support exercise professionals in delivering these interventions is needed. Few online resources exist for exercise professionals to address this issue.

Objective

To develop and evaluate a freely available online toolkit to support exercise professionals working with cancer survivors.

Methods

A 2-phase, experience-based co-design approach was used to develop and evaluate the online toolkit. The two phases were as follows: 1) needs identification and co-design of resources and platform and 2) pilot evaluation. Four co-design workshops were conducted, transcribed, and thematically analyzed to identify key elements for the toolkit. For the pilot evaluation, a customized survey

SUBMITTER: Dennett AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature