Key messages 

1. Prehabilitation programmes form an important part of preparing patients for their cancer treatments; helping to optimise outcomes and quality of life and minimise the side effects of treatment. Prehabilitation should be delivered as set out in the Key Principles – Prehabilitation for Scotland.

2. There is insufficient published evidence or local evaluation data to make any conclusions about the clinical or cost-effectiveness of digitally delivered prehabilitation programmes for patients with cancer.

3. Projects designed to evaluate digital prehabilitation for patients with cancer should consider the SHTG Evidence Framework to guide the collection of relevant data in order to inform decision making on the use of digital prehabilitation programmes.

Referred by 

Scottish Government