Art Therapy for Caregivers of Young Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant for Cancer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Status Unknown; Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• Interventions: Other: psychosocial support for caregiver; Other: questionnaire administration; Procedure: quality-of-life assessment; Procedure: stress management therapy

• Registration Number: NCT00922285
• Lead Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Art therapy may help relieve emotional distress in caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying art therapy for caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Test the effects of an art therapy intervention on emotional distress in caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer.

* Describe pro-social interactions of caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer.

* Describe the illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention.

* Describe the caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning prior to pediatric patients initiation of bone marrow transplantation for cancer.

* Determine the effect size for calculating the sample needed for a randomized clinical trial.

OUTLINE: Caregivers undergo art therapy over 60 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. Each session comprises developing trust through the expression of support, affirmation, and collaboration; creating intimacy through attunement; exploring affective states; integrative processing through the creation of an autobiographical narrative; and identifying opportunities for continued exploration and resources that support the client, should that exploration become necessary.

Caregivers also complete a Meaning of Life Questionnaire and a Family Quality of Life Scale at baseline and at the end of week 6.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-06
• Study First Submitted: 2009-06-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2009-06-17
• Primary Completion: 2010-01
• Study Completion: 2010-01
• Status Verified: 2015-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-06-03
• Last Update Posted: 2015-06-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Art Therapy	psychosocial support for caregiver	-
Art Therapy	questionnaire administration	-
Art Therapy	stress management therapy	-
Art Therapy	quality-of-life assessment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emotional distress	Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Pro-social interactions	Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention	Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning	Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Duarte, California, United States