Patient / Parent / Caregiver Communication Tools to clarify Leukemia Treatment and Provide Relevant Information to Support Recovery
Led by SIOP Europe, POLARIS is a partnership project to develop a set of communication tools that ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) medical teams can use to explain ALL treatment protocols, medical terminology and investigations, guidance and results to patients/caregivers in an easy to understand visual language.
POLARIS aims to:
- Improve communication between the medical team, the child / teenager / AYA with leukemia as well as their caregivers.
- Support adherence to therapy by making the treatment schedule easy to follow for a person, who is not familiar with medical terminology.
- Develop better understanding of different medical procedures among patients and caregivers and in this way reduce the anxiety associated with undergoing medical tests and investigations.
- Give the patients a secure feeling and understanding of the situation and the treatment
POLARIS’ geographical focus is Europe, with the possibility to expand/grow the geographic reach to other world regions in future.
POLARIS Presentation at SIOP Congress 2022, Barcelona, Spain - Watch the video below:
Digital and tangible tools - Protocols' Road maps
A graphic description of the treatment path. To be used in the clinic as a tangible, paper / board-based, at the time of discussing with patients / caregivers the different steps for each specific treatment plan of the protocol. It is important to present a coherent, standard and uniform look and feel and, hence, to ensure visual design consistency across all deliverables, based on the designed road maps.
