Screening for Psychosocial Risk in Flemish Families of a Child With Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatric Cancer
• Interventions: Other: questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT03241251
• Lead Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Brief Summary

The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is an international used instrument for the screening for psychosocial risk factors in families of a child with cancer. This study want to investigate the validation and evaluation of the clinical value of the Flemish translation of the psychosocial assessment tool

Detailed Description

Psychosocial support of children having a diagnosis of cancer and their families is a crucial aspect of a qualitative treatment. Assessment of psychosocial needs is a first step in order to provide better and preventive psychosocial support. In Flanders, no instrument for screening of psychosocial needs is available. The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is an international used instrument for the screening for psychosocial risk factors in families of a child with cancer. This study want to investigate the validation and evaluation of the clinical value of the Flemish translation of the PAT. Two large Flemish pediatric oncology centers will participate: University hospital Ghent (UZGent) and the University hospital in Leuven (UZLeuven). During a time period of 2.5 years families in which a child received a new diagnosis of a pediatric cancer will be invited to participate in this study. All subscales of the PAT will be validated by the use of standardized parent questionnaires measuring similar constructs: Inventory Social Reliance, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Parenting Stress Index-short version and illness cognitions questionnaire, parent version. The usability of the PAT will be evaluated with the PAT-Netherlands Usability questionnaire. The clinical value will be evaluated by comparing the clinical judgment of psychosocial risk by the psychosocial team members of both centers with the scores on the PAT.

The proposed project is an important step to ameliorate psychosocial support in families with a child with a diagnosis of cancer in Flemish pediatric oncological centers.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-07
• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-08
• Study Completion: 2022-09-08
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-02
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

• parents of all children and adolescents from 0-18 years that are diagnosed with cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• no knowledge of Dutch language

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
parents children pediatric cancer	questionnaire	Screening questionnaire psychosocial risk factors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
validation of PAT questionnaire	baseline assessment at diagnosis	The PAT validation will be performed by correlating PAT scores with validated questionnaires measuring similar constructs as the PAT. These questionnaires are Inventory social reliance, strengths and difficulties questionnaire , hospital anxiety and depression scale, parenting stress index -short version and illness cognition questionnaire parent version.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
clinical value of questionnaire	baseline assessment at diagnosis	a risk estimation of psychosocial risk by psychosocial team after diagnosis, but blinded to PAT scores, will be compared with PAT scores

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UZ Leuven; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium