癌症患者会经历更高程度的压力和焦虑，包括心理或身体上的压力和焦虑。近年来，以数字方式提供的免费疗法（例如冥想）在癌症研究和倡导社区中引起了人们的关注，以提高生活质量。然而，大多数数字冥想资源都是商业可用的，并且并未针对癌症患者的独特需求（解决复发的恐惧）。因此，本研究为共同设计一个名为 iCANmeditate 的公开数字冥想程序奠定了基础，该程序包含癌症特定的冥想内容。了解：（1）癌症患者对冥想的看法和实践，以及他们解决问题的需求癌症诊断带来的压力以及（2）加拿大肿瘤学家目前对冥想和处方趋势的了解。将使用由在线患者和肿瘤学家调查以及患者访谈组成的混合方法设计。调查数据分析将使用多元逻辑回归来检查以下因素的预测因素：(1) 患者对使用冥想应用程序的兴趣；(2) 肿瘤科医生开出冥想处方。患者访谈将收集有关日常生活环境的见解，其中冥想对癌症患者最有益；该数据将按主题进行分析。这项研究的结果将为与癌症患者的迭代联合设计研讨会提供信息，以构建数字冥想程序 iCANmeditate；访谈结果将用于开发小插曲或“人物角色”，为迭代协同设计研讨会提供初始刺激材料。一旦与癌症患者参与者合作完成该计划，将进行可用性和试点研究，以测试该工具的功能和功效。肿瘤学家调查的结果将构成知识动员工作的基础，以促进临床认可和认识冥想对癌症患者的益处。版权所有：© 2024 Lalani 等人。这是一篇根据知识共享署名许可条款分发的开放获取文章，允许在任何媒体上不受限制地使用、分发和复制，前提是注明原始作者和来源。

People with cancer experience heightened levels of stress and anxiety, including psychological or physical. In recent years, digitally delivered complimentary therapies, such as meditation, have gained attention in cancer research and advocacy communities for improving quality of life. However, most digital meditation resources are commercially available and are not tailored to the unique needs of cancer patients (addressing fears of recurrence). As such, this study lays the foundation to co-design a publicly available digital meditation program called iCANmeditate that contains cancer-specific meditation content.To understand: (1) cancer patients' perceptions and practices of meditation, as well as their needs in addressing the stress that accompanies their cancer diagnosis and (2) current knowledge of meditation and prescribing trends amongst oncologists in Canada.A mixed-methods design comprised of online patient and oncologist surveys and interviews with patients will be used. Survey data analysis will use multivariate logistic regressions to examine predictors of: (1) interest in using a meditation app among patients and (2) prescribing meditation among oncologists. Patient interviews will gather insights about the contexts of daily living where meditation would be most beneficial for people with cancer; this data will be analyzed thematically.The results of this study will inform iterative co-design workshops with cancer patients to build the digital meditation program iCANmeditate; interview results will be used to develop vignettes or "personas" that will supply the initial stimulus material for the iterative co-design workshops. Once the program has been finalized in partnership with cancer patient participants, a usability and pilot study will follow to test the functionality and efficacy of the tool. Results from the oncologist survey will form the basis of knowledge mobilization efforts to facilitate clinical buy-in and awareness of the benefits of meditation to cancer patients.Copyright: © 2024 Lalani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.