A webpage highlighting the research of Dr. Katie N. Dainty and her team
The Cadre App: Revolutionizing SCA Recovery
Welcome to the Cadre App Project
Cardiac arrest is the ultimate heart failure – when the heart literally stops beating - and it happens to over 60,000 Canadians every year. Survival is challenging and the recovery journey can be fraught with anxiety, depression, lack of connection and changes in how your brain works. To date there is no way to systematically help cardiac arrest survivors and their families navigate that journey after they leave the hospital - help with access to trusted information, knowing what to expect, connecting with other survivors and tracking the outcomes that impact their everyday life. The research we are proposing is focused on working with survivors and their families to design and test a first-of-its kind digital health application (aka a mobile app) – called “Cadre” - to provide recovery tools and support to cardiac arrest survivors and their families during this vulnerable time.
Our research team, which includes survivors and family members as co-investigators, are working with the Centre for Digital Therapeutics to develop a robust prototype app for testing. Digital health is now recognized as a key factor in making sure everyone can access the care they need, no matter where they live or what their background is. It has also been shown to help people have better health outcomes for many chronic conditions. For those living after cardiac arrest, this app will represent the lifeline and access to resources they have been looking for, for a very long time. Once the prototype app is finalized and pilot tested in the real world, we will seek additional funding to study how well it works and how best to get it into the hands of survivors across Canada.
Breaking Boundaries: The Cadre project in pictures
