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A Self-Guided Digital Art Therapy Application (ARTCan App) to Improve Quality of Life in Young Cancer Survivors

Trial Status: active

This clinical trial evaluates the use of a self-guided web-based art therapy application (app), Art Therapy Can Do (ARTCan), for improving quality of life in young cancer survivors. Art therapy is a treatment that uses the making of art and the response to art to improve one's physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Studies have shown that art therapy has significant positive effects on the symptoms of mental illness and well-being yet this treatment is not accessible to many people. Offering art therapy using a digital app may increase the access of this service since most Americans own a smartphone. ARTCan, a self-guided web-based art therapy app, may be an acceptable way to provide art therapy and improve the quality of life of young cancer survivors.