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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

"It just made me feel better": qualitative examination of the implementation of a novel virtual psychosocial support program for adolescents with cancer.

A Kilfoy, P Panesar, E Hashemi, T Masama, M Pereira, W Liu, S Alexander, C Korenblum, L A Jibb

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A KilfoyLawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1P8, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5662-1960
P PanesarFaculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, ON, Hamilton, L8S 4L8, Canada.
E HashemiChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
T MasamaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, 170 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON, M5G 1E8, Canada.
M PereiraChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
W LiuFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
S AlexanderDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, 170 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON, M5G 1E8, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-1702
C KorenblumDepartment of Supportive Care, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M6G 2C4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5223-6910
L A JibbLawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 1P8, Canada. Lindsay.jibb@sickkids.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-2825

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purposeAdolescents with cancer routinely report feelings of isolation and exclusion, including from medical decision-making. To address this problem and support adolescents, we designed and implemented the novel, virtual, weekly Teens4Teens peer support group and patient education program. We examined the views of participating adolescents, program guest speakers, and program moderators as they pertained to the need for the program, its feasibility, acceptability, and perceived impact.

methodsWe recruited all available adolescents, moderators, and guest speakers who participated in Teens4Teens to take part in audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using thematic analysis.

resultsWe conducted 21 interviews across participant groups. We identified four broad themes: pathways into the Teen4Teens program, Teens4Teens implementation capacity, perspectives of the positive impact of Teens4Teens, and suggestions to improve Teens4Teens. These themes described a perceived need for adolescent-centered psychosocial programming in pediatric cancer care, provided lessons on how best to build and apply such a program, and highlighted the value of the program for both adolescents' and clinicians' acceptability, feasibility, and perceived utility.

conclusionAdolescents, guest speakers, and moderators valued Teens4Teens and made suggestions to improve capacity to routinely implement the program. Adolescent-tailored psychosocial programming, such as Teens4Teens, is positioned to be integrated into clinical care with relative ease and may serve to improve the cancer care experience of adolescents and their families. This study has potential to provide researchers and clinicians with valuable information about the content, design, and delivery of virtual peer support programming for adolescents with cancer.

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NeoplasmsPsychosocial Support SystemsAdolescentChildEmotionsHumansPeer GroupQualitative ResearchSelf-Help GroupsAdolescentsCancerInterviewPeer supportQualitativeSocial support

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