Training for Parents of Children with Newly Diagnosed Cancer: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Recruiting
- Conditions
- pediatric cancer, training for parents, disstress, parenting stress, psycho-social interventionkinderoncologie, training voor ouders, algemene distress, ouderlijke stress, psycho-sociale interventie
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
Parents of children with newly diagnosed cancer who can speak, read and write the Dutch language
Exclusion Criteria
Parents of children with newly diagnosed AML/Non Hodgkin Lymfoma and Parents who are not able to speak, read and write the Dutch language
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We expect a decrease in the parents' general distress and parenting stress<br>in the intervention group. This willl be measured by the Profile of Mood States, which measures among others depression, tension and fatigue; Parenting Stress Index-short form which measures the level of stress in the parent-child dyad. Measure moments: T0 approximately 5 weeks after diagnoses, T1 six months after diagnoses, T2 one year after diagnoses, T3 two year after diagnoses.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We expect a decrease in the problems of child behaviour and an increase in quality of life in the intervention group. This will be measured by the Impact of Family Scale, which is a measure of the impact of chronic illness on a family; the Dutch version of the Child Behaviour Checklist, is a proxy measure of behavioural and emotional problems in childeren; the Child Health Questionnaire which is measure of the child's health status. Measure moments: T0 approximately 5 weeks after diagnoses, T1 six months after diagnoses, T2 one year after diagnoses, T3 two year after diagnoses.<br>