Art and digital technologies to support resilience during the oncological journey: The Art4ART project

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Digital technologies can be useful in welcoming patients using the beauty of art.
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Cancer patients typically need to be supported in their treatment pathway.
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Digital entertainment can become a resilience-enhancing strategy.
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Art4ART project offers an art-based digital supporting patients’ resilience.
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Art4ART offers a research platform about the role of humanities as cure.

Abstract

Introduction

New digital technologies can become a tool for welcoming the patient through the artistic dimension. Cancer patients, in particular, need support that accompanies and supports them throughout their treatment.

Materials and methods

The Art4ART project consist in the structural proposal to cancer patients of a web-based digital platform containing several forms of art as video-entertainments; a multimedia immersive room; an art-based welcoming of the patients with several original paintings; an environment with a peacefulness vertical garden; a reconceptualization of the chemotherapy-infusion seats. Data regarding patients’ preference and choices will be stored and analysed also using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to measure and predict impact indicators regarding clinical outcomes (survival and toxicity), psychological indicators. Moreover, the same digital platform will contribute to a better organization of the activities.

Discussion

Through the systematic acquisition of patient preferences and through integration with other clinical parameters, it will be possible to measure the clinical, psychological, organisational, and social impact of the newly implemented Art4ART project. The use of digital technology leads us to apply the reversal of viewpoint from therapeutic acts to patient-centred care.

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Luca Tagliaferri

Loredana Dinapoli

Calogero Casà

Giuseppe Ferdinando Colloca

Fabio Marazzi

Ciro Mazzarella

Valeria Masiello

Silvia Chiesa

Francesco Beghella Bartoli

Elisa Marconi

Marika D'Oria

Alfredo Cesario

Daniela Pia Rosaria Chieffo

Vincenzo Valentini

Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol

Title: Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN (Electronic): 2405-6324

Publication date PMC-release: 01 November 2022

Publication date Collection: December 2022

Publication date (Electronic): 01 November 2022

Volume: 24

Pages: 101-106

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[a ]UOC di Radioterapia Oncologica, Dipartimento Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy

[b ]UOS di Psicologia Clinica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, IItaly

[c ]Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

[d ]Direzione Scientifica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy

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[* ]Corresponding author at: UOC di Radioterapia Oncologica, Dipartimento Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8 (RM) 00168 Roma, Italy. calogero.casa@ 123456fbf-isola.it

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Publisher Item ID: S2405-6324(22)00044-0

DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.10.004

PMC ID: 9641049

PubMed ID: 36387778

SO-VID: c485044f-de25-4d7e-8fb0-a1fd48e00174

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Art and digital technologies to support resilience during the oncological journey: The Art4ART project

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What are the core elements of patient-centred care? A narrative review and synthesis of the literature from health policy, medicine and nursing.

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What research evidence is there for the use of art therapy in the management of symptoms in adults with cancer? A systematic review.

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