Health experiences from real people. Health Experience Insights (HEXI) is a website presenting analysed collections of interviews from health research studies. Thousands of people have shared their stories to help others see, hear or read what it’s like to have a health condition such as bowel cancer or depression. Find the list of health conditions through our categories or A-Z menu.
Testimonials
“I really liked being able to see other women going through similar things and talking about their experiences because I think that’s really powerful and a real comfort to people experiencing quite debilitating symptoms to realise there are a lot of women out there doing the same thing.”
Evaluation participant
“It was good to hear other people’s experiences – it made me realise my experiences were ‘normal’.”
Site user
"The human experiences element – the fact that there are real people with real stories made a big difference."
Site user
"The information I got was from other people who’d been through it – simple things like what to take into hospital. … take a bag to carry your drains around, take pyjamas that open up at the front."
Breast cancer patient
"Learning improves with health experience videos: Research by Snow et al (2016)* showed that learners’ knowledge retention, confidence and exam results were much improved when our patient experience videos were included in their learning."
Research Findings
