Psychosocial Situation of Children With Rare Solid Abdominal Tumors and Their Families
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Neuroblastoma
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Health-related Quality of Life of the parents (SF-12)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Families of children with rare diseases (i.e., not more than 5 out of 10.000 people are affected) are often highly burdened with fears, insecurities and concerns regarding the affected child and his/her siblings. The aim of the present research project is to examine the psychosocial burden of the children with rare solid abdominal tumors and their family in order to draw attention to a possible psychosocial care gap in this population.
Detailed Description
The central objective of the cross-sectional study is to show the psychosocial supply gap for families with children and adolescents affected by rare diseases in the field of oncology pediatric surgery. Among the rare diseases that are included are rare solid abdominal tumors. In order to have a comparative sample, additional data of a matched control group are collected. Central standardized psychosocial outcomes will be assessed from the perspectives of the parents and the affected child.
Investigators
Johannes Boettcher
Principal Investigator
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Health-related Quality of Life of the parents (SF-12)
Time Frame: 4 minutes
Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of the parents, assessed from the perspective of the parents by the "Short-Form-12" (SF-12; Morfeld, Kirchberger \& Bullinger, 2011). The instrument consists of 12 items. Higher scores indicate greater HRQoL.
Severity of generalized anxiety disorder
Time Frame: 1 minutes
Generalizied Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke \& Löwe, 2006). The instrument consists of 7 items. Higher score indicate greater anxiety levels.
Health-related quality of life of the chronically-ill children/adolescents (Peds-QL 4.0)
Time Frame: 4 minutes
Health-related quality of life of the chronically-ill children/adolescents, assessed from the perspective of the child/adolescent (from 10 years of age) and from the perspective of the parents by the "Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0" (Peds-QL 4.0; (Varni, Seid, \& Kurtin, 2001). Items will be linearly transformed to a scale of 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better HRQoL.
Psychiatric disorders of the chronically-ill children/adolescents (SDQ)
Time Frame: 4 minutes
Psychiatric disorders of the chronically-ill children/adolescents assessed perspective of the child/adolescent and from the perspective of the parents by the "Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" (SDQ; Klasen, Woerner, Rothenberger, \& Goodman, 2003). Items are rated on a three-point Likert scale (0 to 2). Higher scores represent greater psychopathology or greater prosocial behavior.
Severity of depression (PHQ-9)
Time Frame: 2 minutes
Severity of depression, will be assessed with the 9-question Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Löwe et al., 2015). The instrument consists of 9 items. Higher scores indicate greater depression levels.
Mental health of the parents (BSI-18)
Time Frame: 4 minutes
Mental health of the parents, assessed from the perspective of the parents by the "Brief Symptom Inventory-18" (BSI-18; Spitzer et al., 2011). The instrument consists of 18 items, which are answered on a five-point Likert scale (0 to 4). Higher BSI scores indicate greater psychological distress.
Quality of Life of the parents (EQ-5D)
Time Frame: 1 minutes
Quality of Life (QoL) of the parents, assessed from the perspective of the parents by the instrument "European Quality of Life Five Dimension" (EQ-5D; Hinz et al., 2006). The instrument consists of 5 dimensions, which are answered on a three-point scale. Higher scores indicate greater QoL.
Secondary Outcomes
- Family relationships, family dynamics and functionality (FB-A)(3 minutes)
- Familial predispositions (FaBel)(3 minutes)
- Social support of the parents, of the chronically-ill children/adolescents (OSSS)(3 minutes)
- Coping of the parents (CHIP-D)(3 minutes)
- Parent-child communication (PACS)(4 minutes)
- Satisfaction with the relationship and parenting relationship of the parents (PFB)(4 minutes)