TEMPO is here to support you through the ups and downs of cancer
At TEMPO, we’re all about helping you discover the best way to help yourself. Backed by research, TEMPO provides guidance, strategies and tools to help you manage your cancer challenges.
Our personalized, interactive program makes it easy to identify the issues that you need to focus on most and to set goals to improve your health and wellbeing.
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Developing the best program for you
Our mission
We are a team of researchers and clinicians across Canada committed to supporting people with cancer and those who support them (caregivers) through the ongoing development and improvement of TEMPO: an innovative, easy-to-use online interactive program.
Our vision
To provide every individual with cancer and their support person with the information, tools and resources they need to maintain a high quality of life despite the challenges faced when coping with cancer.
Our values
TEMPO is here to support patients and caregivers and our team is guided by the following values:
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Respect
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Compassion
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Empowerment
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Support
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Evidence-based
How it all began
TEMPO was developed from a shared vision of wanting to help people with cancer, and those supporting them, take control of their health and their lives.
TEMPO is more than a self-management program. It’s a space where you can explore how your cancer experience has affected you and how you can move forward and achieve your goals.
TEMPO Then and Now
TEMPO is constantly evolving to address your needs.
Study Objectives
Develop a new innovative, easy-to-use online interactive program for people with cancer and the person who supports them (caregivers) to optimize opportunities for self-managing challenges related to prostate cancer and incorporating physical activity as a general approach to supporting health.
Phase 1: Testing the initial usability of TEMPO
TEMPO was developed in collaboration with researchers, clinicians, men living with prostate cancer and their caregivers. The usability of TEMPO was evaluated to ensure it meets all end users’ needs.
Patient-reported benefits
- Enhance communication
- Achieve goals
- Increase physical activity levels
- Manage emotions
- Increase knowledge and self-management skills
- Seek additional support
Participants included
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
“I think the fact that we had goals to make and that we actually achieved them is a testament to the program”
Caregiver
Phase 2: Pilot testing TEMPO
Test the TEMPO program’s acceptability and feasibility, and estimate the program’s efficacy through a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Participants included
Dyads
Patients alone
Acceptability
Retention in the program
System usability
Rated as above average
“I liked that the sessions were set up in such a way that it was thought-provoking and engaging. I think sometimes when you go through these— like I’ve done 360 processes in business and things like that and you know, your brain starts to drift, but I felt quite engaged throughout the entire session. I thought it was very relevant.”
Patient
Quality of life – mental improved for:
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
Depression decreased for:
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
Clinical significance
These are the benefits that were documented through the pilot testing of TEMPO for men with prostate cancer and their caregivers
Quality of life - physical improved for:
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
Physical activity increased for:
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
Anxiety decreased for:
Men with prostate cancer
Caregivers
Next steps
With funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), evaluate TEMPO’s impact on physical and emotional health outcomes of men with prostate cancer and their support person in a large randomized controlled trial in partnership with cancer centres from across Canada
The people behind
Meet the dedicated team of clinicians, patients, caregivers, and researchers spread across Canada who collaborate to design and evolve TEMPO.
