A cancer personalised activity and lifestyle tool (CAN-PAL): a codesign study with patients and healthcare professionals

Gale, Nichola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-9863, Jones, Una ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7156-8531, Rees, Tracy, Hicks, Alex, Davies, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-8871, Holliday, Samantha and Hopkinson, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3915-9815 2024. A cancer personalised activity and lifestyle tool (CAN-PAL): a codesign study with patients and healthcare professionals. Journal of Clinical Nursing 33 (2) , pp. 572-579. 10.1111/jocn.16931

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Abstract

Aims To codesign a cancer personalised activity and lifestyle tool (CAN-PAL) based on an existing tool. To help cancer care workers support people affected by cancer to plan and integrate physical activity into lifestyles. Design Mixed-methods codesign study. Methods Phase 1: Focus groups with people affected by cancer (n = 10) or interviews (n = 2) to discuss suitable physical activities and adaptation of the existing tool. Data were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. Themes informed the design of the prototype CAN-PAL and user guide. Phase 2: Healthcare professionals considered the potential use of the CAN-PAL prototype and completed an online survey including the system usability scale and free text responses. Results Phase 1: Identified suitable physical activities and four themes were identified including: Capability, benefits, barriers and resources which informed the prototype CAN-PAL and user guide. Phase 2: The user survey was completed by 12 healthcare professionals. Median (range) system usability scale was 80 (50–95) (best score 100), scores >68 indicate good or better usability. Themes from the free text comments included strengths, amendments, considerations and limitations. Results were used to finalise CAN-PAL and the user guide. Conclusion The codesigned CAN-PAL tool had good usability. Further work is needed to evaluate the impact of CAN-PAL on activity levels and behaviour in people affected by cancer.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1365-2702
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 November 2023
Date of Acceptance:	1 November 2023
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2024 11:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163706

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