{
  "abstract": "Introduction The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer often disrupt patients’ and their spouses’ established family lives, requiring them to reestablish a sense of balance. This study aims to develop and evaluate a dyadic co-learning intervention derived from the activation-reinforcement-adjustment theory of family resilience for patients with prostate cancer and their spouses.Methods and analysis An experimental study design was employed. Prostate cancer patients and their spouses (n=60 pairs) will be recruited from the outpatient department. Following baseline assessment, participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group (1:1). The intervention group receives an 8 week dyadic co-learning intervention and usual care, whereas the control group receives usual care. All participants complete follow-up assessments at 10 weeks and 16 weeks after the pretest. Structured questionnaires included the Resilience Scale, the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire, the Loneliness Scale, the Chinese Happiness Inventory, the Brief Fatigue Inventory and the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite. Statistical analyses include independent-samples t tests, χ2 tests and mixed linear models.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol was approved by the Chang Gung Medical Foundation Institutional Review Board (No. 202 202 198B0). The study findings will be disseminated through international conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07196488 (First Submitted 2025-09-06).",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Ching-Hui Chien"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan",
        "School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Cheng-Keng Chuang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan",
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Chun-Te Wu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan",
        "School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "See-Tong Pang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan",
        "School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Kai-Jei Yu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan",
        "School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Po-Hung Lin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung City, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Kuan-Lin Liu"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Theory-based dyadic co-learning intervention to enhance family resilience in men with prostate cancer and their spouses in Taiwan: protocol for a randomised controlled trial",
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}