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Clinical Trials/NCT04392908
NCT04392908Active, not recruitingNot Applicable

Communication Memory of Cancer Diagnosis Within Pediatric Triangle: a Cross-sectional Observational Study

Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS1 site in 1 country70 target enrollmentStarted: September 1, 2019Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
70
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Phenomenological characteristics of autobiographical memory

Study Overview

Brief Summary

Present project aims to investigate memories related to a cancer communication diagnosis in pediatric oncology. It evaluates possible common elements and specificity between family and healthcare staff.

Detailed Description

Lots of scientific evidences have shown that autobiographical episodes' narrative has a beneficial effect on the elaboration of memories. Indeed, narrating is a way to order thoughts and moods, which are connected to particular episodes of one's life, in order to rework and relive them. Since the diagnosis, a relationship and an open and sincere dialogue between the various parts of the pediatric triangle can promote a process of adaptation to the experience of illness and an integrated biopsychosocial healing. The first aim of this study is to explore and analyze autobiographical memories of pediatric patients, parents and healthcare staff. Also, it aims to investigate possible common and discordant element between deposition.

Phases of the present study:

  1. Sample recruitment and informed consent collection.
  2. Diagnosis communication audio recording.
  3. Communication of the autobiographical memory of the diagnosis audio recording of patients, parents, oncologist, nurse and psychologists involved, the day after the communication.
  4. Questionnaire APAM administration for adult participants.
  5. Audio Transcription and data coded. Data will be registered and operated by means of statistical software as SPSS (IBM) and T-Lab (Lancia, 2004).
  6. Statistical processing: ANOVA and t of Student tests will be implemented in order to compare collected questionnaires. Narrative analysis will be implemented by means of textual analysis software.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational
Observational Model
Case Only
Time Perspective
Cross Sectional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
12 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Phenomenological characteristics of autobiographical memory

Time Frame: One day after diagnosis

Self report questionnaire "Assessment of the Phenomenology of Autobiographical Memory - APAM"

Emotional characteristics of autobiographical memory

Time Frame: One day after diagnosis

linguistic analysis by Linguistic Inquiry Word Count - LIWC; cluster analysis by T-Lab; Content analysis; coherence and narrative structure by High Point Anaysis.

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Rosanna Martin

Principal Investigator

Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS

Study Sites (1)

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