Can a digital platform help cancer patients and their relatives?
A new research project from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital examines whether the Central Denmark Region’s digital platform ‘Living with and after cancer' works as intended. The platform is intended to support the rehabilitation of cancer patients, and the Danish Cancer Society has given the project a grant of DKK 1.9 million.
Associate Professor and PhD Mette Terp Høybye is leading the project, which will evaluate the digital platform 'Living with and after cancer'. According to the researcher, a cancer diagnosis turns lives upside down for both the patient and the rest of the family. The ‘Living with and after cancer’ platform was introduced to support patients and their relatives in their daily lives, so they learn to handle the physical, mental and social challenges that arise during and after a cancer diagnosis.
In the research project, Mette Terp Høybye and her research team look into how patients and relatives use and experience the platform, and how the digital platform can be developed so that it creates greater coherence between hospital and municipality. They also aim to generate more knowledge about e-learning in the rehabilitation process.
The Danish Cancer Society is supporting the project with DKK 1.9 million from this year's Beat Cancer campaign. The research project is a collaboration between Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Municipality and Randers Municipality, and the grant funds a new PhD project starting in mid-2021.
Contact
Associate Professor, PhD Mette Terp Høybye
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Silkeborg Regional Hospital
Mobile: (+45) 6110 6066
Email: hoybye@clin.au.dk