Investigating the Needs of Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Unreported Experience
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Childhood Cancer
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Enrollment
- 1178
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Examine the construct validity, internal consistency, item-response performance, and short-term stability of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 14 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This feasibility study will determine the psychometric adequacy of a newly developed instrument - Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Needs Assessment Questionnaire (CCSS-NAQ). Additionally, the study will explore the feasibility of selected study methods -- sample selection, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates - in order to inform a larger national periodic survey of adult survivors' health related needs
Detailed Description
This study will focus on the following primary and secondary objectives: 1. Examine the construct validity, short-term stability, internal consistency and item-response performance of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors 2. Inform future sample stratification by over-sampling minority and rural-dwelling survivors to enhance the heterogeneity of the respondent pool; 3. Describe the met and unmet health-related needs and their covariates in a large, stratified, random sample of childhood cancer survivors; 4. Evaluate the sample selection methods, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates in the study sample.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Living CCSS participant
- •Age 25 years or older on December 31, 2009
- •History of successful independent (non-surrogate) response to previous CCSS surveys (Flesch-Kincaid reading level for non-medical items established at 4th-6th grade).
Exclusion Criteria
- •Received treatment for pediatric malignancy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Examine the construct validity, internal consistency, item-response performance, and short-term stability of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors.
Time Frame: July 2011
Secondary Outcomes
- Inform future sample stratification by over-sampling minority and rural-dwelling survivors to enhance the heterogeneity of the respondent pool.(July 2011)
- Describe the met and unmet needs of childhood cancer survivors and their important covariates in a large, stratified random sample of childhood cancer survivors.(July 2011)
- Evaluate the sample selection methods, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates in the study sample.(July 2011)