Impact
HORIZONS is helping reshape healthcare services and support, improving the lives of people diagnosed with cancer. Data from HORIZONS are being used to transform services, information and policy.
HORIZONS data have informed the delivery of a digital intervention to enhance confidence to self-manage psychological problems/well-being for people living with and beyond cancer https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/projects/lynn-calman-macmillan-emotional-wellbeing-project. Analysis of HORIZONS data provided important in understanding levels of depression and anxiety for people diagnosed with cancer and how these change over time. The CAN-EMPOWER open-access online resource is freely available https://can-empower.org.uk.
HORIZONS data are informing the delivery of personalised care in secondary care. The Personalised Assessment and Care in Cancer (PACC) intervention https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/projects/personalised-assessment-care-in-cancer was based in part on analysis showing the factors that are important in predicting who is likely to do less well in terms of recovery of quality of life following cancer diagnosis. This analysis helped inform the co-design (with cancer specialist health care professionals and people affected by cancer) of an approach for use in clinical practice. The approach has been shown to be acceptable and usable for health care professionals and patients and appears to enhance needs identification and patient experience.
Collaborations
| Contact | Institution | Title of Project |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Wendy Lam and Dr. Danielle Ng | University of Hong Kong | Unmet supportive care needs trajectories during the first two years of cancer survivorship: a cross-country comparison between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom |
| Dr. David Nelson | University of Lincoln | Exploring the impact of rural and coastal residence on cancer experiences and outcomes across the UK. |
| Dr. Valerie Shilling | University of Sussex | Further validation of the Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale |
Publications
2023
Vassilev, I., Lin, S.X., Calman, L., Turner, J., Frankland, J. & Wright, D. et al. (2023) The role of social networks in the self-management support for young women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. PLoS ONE, 18(4): e0282183. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282183
2022
Glasspool, R., Wheelwright, S., Bolton, V., Calman, L., Cummings, A., Elledge, B., Foster, R., Frankland, J., Smith, P.W.S., Stannard, S., Turner, J., Wright, D. & Foster, C. (2022) Modifiable pre-treatment factors are associated with quality of life in women with gynaecological cancers at diagnosis and one year later: Results from the HORIZONS UK national cohort study. Gynecologic Oncology, 165(3), 610-618. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.03.012
2019
Foster, C., Calman, L., Richardson, A., May, C., Rogers, A. & Smith, P. (2019). HORIZONS protocol: a UK prospective cohort study to explore recovery of health and well-being in adults diagnosed with cancer. BMJ Open, 9, e029662. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029662
2018
Foster, C., Calman, L., Richardson, A., Pimperton, H., & Nash, R. (2018). Improving the lives of people living with and beyond cancer: Generating the evidence needed to inform policy and practice. Journal of Cancer Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2018.02.004