Understanding the Psychosocial Needs of Parents Who Have Lost a Child to Cancer
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Parents Who Have Lost a Child to Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00968500
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences and needs of parents who have lost a child to cancer. This will aid us in developing an intervention that may help parents cope with their loss.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
- Loss of a child to cancer between 6 months and 6 years ago
- Loss of a child between the ages of 6 months and 25 years
- Biological or adoptive parent or stepparent
- Parent must be age 18 or over
- In the judgment of investigators/consenting professionals able to comprehend English to complete study assessments
- To be eligible for the qualitative interview, participants more score of 19 or less (< 19)or 34 or greater (> 34) on the PG-13 to qualify
Exclusion Criteria
- Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identify the unique qualitative themes related to finding meaning among parents who lost a child to cancer to inform development of a conceptually sound meaning-centered grief intervention. 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determine differences in qualitative themes of meaning in parents in the high and low Prolonged Grief Disorder subgroups to help select a target population for a meaning-centered grief intervention. 2 years Explore and identify factors associated with bereaved parents' psychosocial service underutilization to guide the development of an acceptable and feasible meaning-centered grief intervention format. 2 years
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
NCI Clinical Center
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
NCI Clinical Center🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States