Resilience in East Asian Immigrants for Advance Care Planning Discussions

Summary

The purpose of the study is to develop a culturally tailored digital resilience-building intervention to help East Asian immigrants engage in advance care planning discussions with their family caregivers.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria for Religious Leaders:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Serving as a chaplain or religious leader at a healthcare setting or religious organization
* Having experience providing pastoral or spiritual care to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans in the US
* Being able to read and respond to questions in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, or Korean.

Exclusion criteria: Not willing to provide consent.

Inclusion Criteria for Patients:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Having a cancer diagnosis
* Likely self-identifying as a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean American/immigrant
* Being able to read and respond to questions in either English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese dialects, such as Cantonese, Shanghai, Taishanese, or Taiwanese.

Exclusion Criteria for Patients:

* Having cognitive impairment per the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire with more than three errors

Inclusion Criteria for Family Caregivers:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Being able to read and respond to questions in either English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese dialects, such as Cantonese, Shanghai, Taishanese, or Taiwanese
* Having a family member who is likely to self-identify as a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean American/immigrant and has been diagnosed with cancer

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