Co-Design of the Structured Personalised Assessment for Reviews After Cancer (SPARC) Intervention

Area of Science:

• Oncology
• Digital Health
• Primary Care

Background:

• Growing population of cancer survivors experience unmet health needs post-treatment.
• Need for improved health outcomes and support systems for individuals living beyond cancer.

Purpose of the Study:

• To co-design a digital intervention to enhance health outcomes for cancer survivors.
• To develop a tool that supports primary care clinicians in managing patients post-cancer treatment.

Main Methods:

• Co-design workshops involving patients, clinicians, and digital experts.
• Identification of care gaps and idea generation for digital interventions.
• Development and refinement of a prototype digital tool, the SPARC tool.

Main Results:

• Patients feel unsupported after hospital discharge, highlighting a gap in primary care.
• Proposal to integrate cancer reviews into UK primary care chronic disease management.
• Co-design of the Structured Personalised Assessment for Reviews after Cancer (SPARC) tool for asynchronous consultations.

Conclusions:

• The SPARC tool is co-designed to facilitate comprehensive cancer review consultations in primary care.
• SPARC aligns with current best practice guidelines for cancer survivorship care.
• Future evaluation of SPARC with patients and in general practices is planned.