Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/53690, first published .
Co-Designing a User-Centered Digital Health Tool for Supportive Care Needs of Patients With Brain Tumors and Their Caregivers: Interview Analysis

Co-Designing a User-Centered Digital Health Tool for Supportive Care Needs of Patients With Brain Tumors and Their Caregivers: Interview Analysis

Co-Designing a User-Centered Digital Health Tool for Supportive Care Needs of Patients With Brain Tumors and Their Caregivers: Interview Analysis

Mahima Kalla   1 , PhD ;   Ashleigh Bradford   2 , BBiomed ;   Verena Schadewaldt   3, 4 , PhD ;   Kara Burns   1 , PhD ;   Sarah C E Bray   3, 4 , PhD ;   Sarah Cain   3 , MBBS ;   Heidi McAlpine   3 , MBBS ;   Rana S Dhillon   4, 5, 6 , MBBS, MPhil ;   Wendy Chapman   1 , PhD ;   James R Whittle   7, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Katharine J Drummond   3, 4 , MD ;   Meinir Krishnasamy   2, 10, 11 , PhD

1 Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

2 Department of Health Services Research and Implementation Science, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

3 Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia

4 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

5 Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia

6 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

7 Personalised Oncology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia

8 Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

9 Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

10 Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

11 Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Corresponding Author:

  • Mahima Kalla, PhD
  • Centre for Digital Transformation of Health
  • Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
  • Grattan Street
  • Parkville, VIC 3010
  • Australia
  • Phone: +61 3 8344 4000
  • Email: mahima.kalla@unimelb.edu.au