Objective:
To evaluate the effectiveness of a Dyadic Co-learning Intervention for patients with prostate cancer and their spouses, focusing on physical symptoms, emotional well-being, and resilience.
Study Design:
An experimental, two-group, randomized controlled design will be adopted. Participants will be recruited through convenience sampling from the urology outpatient department and inpatient wards of a hospital. Patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and their cohabiting spouses who agree to participate will provide written informed consent prior to data collection.
Procedures:
Baseline data (Time 0) will be collected using structured questionnaires. After completing the pretest assessment, patient-spouse dyads will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group in a 1:1 ratio.
The intervention group will receive routine care plus an 8-week Dyadic Co-learning Intervention, while the control group will receive routine care only.
Follow-up assessments will be conducted at the 10th week (Time 1) and the 16th week (Time 2) after the baseline to evaluate intervention outcomes.
