Social media happiness account for advanced cancer patients and families
Part of Cancer clinical trials.
This study uses a social media 'happiness account' to help people with advanced cancer and their families feel closer and happier together. You and a family member (like a caregiver) join as a pair to try this approach.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must have stage III or IV cancer, or be the main caregiver for someone who does.
- You and the patient must be 20 years or older.
- Both you and the patient can understand and speak Mandarin or Taiwanese.
- Neither you nor the patient has a history of mental illness.
- The patient must not be in a ward with someone already in the study, or have a very short life expectancy.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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