Psychosocial Effect of Pediatric illness on family

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: healthy

• Registration Number: CTRI/2023/07/054723
• Lead Sponsor: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Brief Summary

Chronic pediatric illnesses especially malignant conditions have a huge psychosocial and financial impact on the family. The goals of pediatric palliative care are to ensure the best possible quality of life of the child as well as their caregivers by addressing the physical and psychological needs of the child and providing support to the family. Parents with depressive symptoms should receive particular attention to provide supportive care in their children’s pediatric palliative care programs.

Evidence on family-supportive care in pediatric palliative care research is scarce. We aim to study the impact of the children’s disease on their families and assess their unmet needs by applying the Impact of Family Scale (IOF). The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D) will be used to assess the depressive symptoms in the parent. By identifying those affected, referral to a clinical psychologist will be made which will help in providing better counselling services and psychological support. This will help us to address their issues and to formulate an effective and holistic palliative care plan.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-20
• Study Start: 2023-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• 1.The study cohort will consist of parents of children with chronic diseases including malignancy.
• 2.Parents of children aged 2 to 18 years with an established diagnosis of a chronic illness.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Parental refusal to participate in the study.
• 2.Parents suffering from major depressive disorders before the diagnosis of illness in the child.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess the psychosocial impact of children’s chronic illness on their families using the IOF scale.	day one

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.To find out the incidence of depressive symptoms in the parents of the affected children.	2.To investigate the association between parent-reported depressive symptoms, socio- demographic factors & impact on families

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; 🇮🇳 Central, DELHI, India

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

🇮🇳Central, DELHI, India

Bimla Sharma

Principal investigator

9810135366

bimsharma1@gmail.com