Translation and validation of a Questionare(PedsQL 3.0 Cancer module) into Indian languages (Marathi & Hindi) to study Quality of Life of pediatric solid tumor patients from a tertiary care cancer centre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- before surgery and after surgery patient followup
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/12/007551
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Pediatric solid tumor patients of either gender whose
age is between 2-18 years who have been diagnosed
and have consented to undergo treatment at Tata
Memorial Centre after adequate staging workup
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who do not meet the above criteria.
Patients unwilling to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Symptoms Scales <br/ ><br>i) Pain <br/ ><br>ii) Nausea <br/ ><br>iii) Anxiety <br/ ><br>iv) Worry <br/ ><br>2 Functional scales <br/ ><br>i) Cognitive assessment <br/ ><br>ii) Perception of self body image <br/ ><br>iii) Communication <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: There are no significant risks to the participants in this study. Patient might have tospend about 20-25 minutes for completing the Questionnaire <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Though newer therapeutic options have resulted in improved health status of patients, the prolonged and frequent hospitalizations during this sensitive period of life could negatively impact child development. Also, in view of good survival, tools to assess clinical outcomes of different treatment modalities need to be developed. Therefore, there is focus on the developmentof instruments to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes.Timepoint: Assessing important side effects / complications following treatment for the medical professionals <br/ ><br>and step towards improving quality of life and <br/ ><br>minimizing the side effects. <br/ ><br>