Overview
Project status: Completed
The Cancer Survivor Self-management Care Plan Project is a Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) funded project to develop, implement and evaluate interventions that will promote sustained improvements in patient self-management abilities following completion of active cancer treatment.
With continued improvements in cancer treatment and extended survival from cancer, a growing body of research is emerging that cancer survivors have a unique set of health needs following completion of treatment. These health concerns include the need to minimise the risks of re-occurrence of cancer or other chronic conditions, while reducing the burden of common physical and psychological issues resulting from the cancer treatment.
- Grantor
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Department of Health and Ageing
- Research leader
- Research team
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QUT
External collaborators
- Dr Euan Walpole, Medical Director Cancer Services Southern
- Ms Gayle Salkield, Director of Nursing, Cancer Services Southern (Clinical Network)
- Organisational unit
- Lead unit Faculty of Health Other units
- Research area
- Cancer
Contact
Professor Patsy Yates
Associate Professor Alexandra McCarthy
Professor Debra AndersonDetails
This pilot study provided further understanding of nurse-led interventions to promote sustained improvements in patient self-management abilities following completion of active cancer treatment.
The objectives of the project were to:
- To expand the range and reach of quality chronic disease self-management (CDSM) interventions and supports available by developing interventions tailored to the health needs of the growing population of people who have completed active treatment for cancer; and
- To continue to build the evidence base on the efficacy of CDSM interventions, by testing the efficacy of interventions based on the chronic care model.
The project has been completed, and publications of results are underway. A training DVD "Self-management for cancer survivors" developed as a learning resource for health professionals participating in the project, is available for anyone interested in learning more about the study.
