Families experiencing cancer- Support to prevent cancer-related illness: FamCASP

Facts

Contact person:: Maria Samuelsson
Financer:: Sven och Dagmar Sahléns stiftelse
Responsible at MaU:: Maria Samuelsson
Project members at MaU:: Jenny Jakobsson

Marie-Louise Möllerberg

Carl Magnus Olsson

Benjamin Maus

and Kristofer Hansson
Time frame:: 01 September 2024 - 30 June 2026
Faculty/department:: Faculty of Health and Society

Department of Care Science
Research environment :: Cancer and illness rehabilitation: CaRe
Research subject:: Care Science
Website:: https://mau.se/en/research/research-groups/cancer-and-illness-rehabilitation-care/

About the project

FamCASP is a theoretical model that describes how individualized support can be provided to family members within routine cancer care for the purpose of preventing illness related to stressors induced by the cancer experience. The model includes a screening tool that family members can use to identify their needs for support together with tailored recommendations about how to act on them. This screening tool is currently being co-designed by an interdisciplinary research group together with family members, patients, cancer nurses, counsellors and Regionala cancercentrum i samverkan. Subsequently, the feasibility of the support model will be evaluated in outpatient cancer care.