Elaine Wittenberg|Jiayun Xu|Joy Goldsmith|Yesenia Mendoza
<i>Caregiver Communication About Cancer</i>: Development of a mhealth resource to support family caregiver communication burden
California State University Los Angeles|Purdue University West Lafayette|University of Memphis|California State University Los Angeles
aim study illustrate evidencebased theoretically informed mhealth resource smartphone app designed provide communication support informal cancer caregivers friends family membersan eightstep process conducted review existing print resources b selection theoretical framework content development c integration stakeholder feedback literacy assessment alpha print model review existing mhealth resources e development prototype f assessment caregiver acceptability n 5 g assessment quality perceived impact cancer providers n 26 h acceptability testing caregivers n 6key stakeholders integrated throughout development user testing ios smartphone app smartphone app consists talking tips resources caregiver communication patient family far away family health care providers well general information sharing featuresthis study demonstrates feasibility development evidencebased theorydriven mhealth resource support caregiver communication cancer first theorydriven mhealth application created support communication burden experienced cancer caregivers larger study needed establish efficacy app intervention caregivers