Evaluation of the Effect of Individualized Nursing Care Based on the Professional Values Model for Parents of Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Design: A single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Participants and Setting: The population of the research will be the parents of the children hospitalized in the Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology Clinic of Akdeniz University Hospital. Parents who agreed to participate in the research (Intervention group: 35 parents, Control group: 35 parents) will form the sample of the research. Simple randomization will be used to evaluate the intervention and control groups.

Randomization, allocation, and blinding: After obtaining informed consent from the parents, each will be given a unique sequence number in a sealed envelope. In this study, random selection of participants and assignment to groups will be done by a nurse at the clinic where the research was conducted. Thus, the researcher who implements the training will be blinded. The Consolidated Reporting Standards (CONSORT) flowchart (Moher et al., 2012) will be followed to manage the random allocation process. The 12-week individualized nursing care practice will be carried out by a nurse with sufficient communication skills, 11 years of pediatric oncology clinical and responsible nursing experience, and a doctoral degree in pediatric nursing in the study team. Thus, the difference that may arise from the educator will be eliminated. Depending on the nature of the intervention administered, researchers and participants will not be blinded. The data will be analyzed by the statistician who is unaware of the intervention and control groups. Thus, it will be possible to be blind in terms of statistics and reporting.

Instruments: Parent Descriptive Information Form, Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Health Care Satisfaction Hematology/Oncology Module Parents Form will be used to collect data. Parent Descriptive Information Form was created by the researchers in order to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the sample. Form consists of a total of 15 items. PVQ is a 40-item scale developed by Schwartz et al. (2001) to measure individuals' value orientations more effectively. Participants were asked to mark how similar the items were to themselves with a 6-level rating. The scale consists of 40 items and 10 sub-dimensions. The sub-dimensions are described as follows. Turkish validity and reliability was established (Demirutku & Sümer, 2010). PedsQL was developed by James Varni et al. in 2000 and adapted into Turkish in 2012 by Kürtüncü Tanır and Kuğuoğlu. PedsQL; 1) general satisfaction (3 items), 2) knowledge (5 items), 3) family involvement (4 items), 4) communication (5 items), 5) technical skills (4 items), 6) emotional needs (4 items) It is a versatile inventory consisting of 25 items. The inventory has only the parent form. In the inventory prepared according to the five-point Likert system, it is expressed as I am not satisfied (1), I am not satisfied (2), I am undecided (3), I am satisfied (4) and I am very satisfied (5).

Data collection: The data will be collected in a time period that will not disrupt the care practices of the sick child, at the place and time deemed appropriate by the clinical nurse and the parent.