Quality of Friendships in Children With Neurofibromatosis

Completed

• Conditions: Neurofibromatosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: Questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT00508235
• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine if children with a higher disease severity have lower quality friendships than children who are less severely affected and children who are unaffected. Researchers will test the hypothesis that the quality of friendships is inversely related to their disease severity.

Specific Aims:

1. To use the FQQ to determine if the quality of friendships in children with NF1 is lower than the quality of friendships in unaffected children.

2. To use a disease severity scale and the FQQ to determine if children who are less severely affected have higher friendship qualities than children who are more severely affected.

Detailed Description

You (your) child will be asked to complete a short questionnaire (40 questions) about their relationship with their best friend. Doctors will review your (child's) medical chart to find out how severe the disease is, so that this may be compared to the answers you have (your child has) given on the friendship questionnaire.

This is an Investigational Study. About 90-100 children and adolescents with NF-1 will be asked to take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M.D. Anderson.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-07-26
• Study First Posted: 2007-07-27
• Primary Completion: 2009-07
• Study Completion: 2009-07
• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2012-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with a clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis, type 1 (NF-1) who are between the ages of 8 and 18 years will be eligible. Patients must be English or Spanish speaking (test instrument will be translated into Spanish), and be able to read.

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Quality of Friendships	Questionnaire	Patients with Neurofibromatosis, type 1 (NF-1) between the ages of 8 and 18 years old.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disease severity scale and Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ)	Questionnaire completion by patient and chart review by doctor for disease severity scoring.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States