Developing and testing a web-based intervention to support pain and symptom self-management in breast cancer surgery

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Introduction: Surgery for breast cancer confers comorbidities including high rates of persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP). An audit revealed that the surgical pathway does not support patient self-management of symptoms. Web-based interventions (WBIs) have been shown to improve self-management in chronic conditions. A mixed-methods approach was used to develop a WBI to capture patient self-reported post-operative symptoms and provide individualised self-management advice.