Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- To test the feasibility of the educational intervention in parent-delivered massage for children undergoing treatment for cancer at a paediatric oncology centre, to guide sample size estimation for a future randomized trial.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.
详细描述
In Canadian children aged 0-19, the number of new cancer cases from 1997-2001 was on average 1,285 children per year for a total of 6,427 children over a five year period. Individual and family responses to a child's or adolescent's cancer diagnosis and treatment include psychological, sociocultural and biological dimensions. Parents of children with cancer can experience severe emotional distress including anxiety and depression. Parents require support and skills to reduce their own anxiety and distress and to help alleviate suffering in their children.
This is a two-phase research project: phase I: development of a standardized educational intervention on video/DVD to teach parents how to massage their child with cancer; phase II: test the feasibility of the developed intervention with children with cancer and their parents. A total of 24 parents and their children with cancer who are under the care of the paediatric oncology units at the Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton) will be recruited for the study.
It is hypothesized that this research on an educational program in parent-delivered massage therapy will directly improve the lives of children with cancer and their parents.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children aged 6 to 18 years
- •Children with a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- •Children who are currently receiving active cancer care
排除标准
- •Children under the age of 6
- •Children with a life expectancy of less than 12 weeks
- •Children not currently receiving active cancer care
结局指标
主要结局
To test the feasibility of the educational intervention in parent-delivered massage for children undergoing treatment for cancer at a paediatric oncology centre, to guide sample size estimation for a future randomized trial.
时间窗: Period of study
次要结局
- My Story(Week 6)
- Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale(0, 6, 12 weeks)
- Pediatric Inventory for Parents(0, 6, 12 weeks)
- Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults(0, 6, 12 weeks)
- The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale(0, 6, 12 weeks)
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children(0, 6, 12 weeks)
- Parent Journals(Weekly for 6 weeks)
- Child Journals(Weekly for 6 weeks)