Qualitative interview study exploring distress and support needs of siblings of children with congenital heart defects
- Conditions
- Distress and support needs of siblings of children with congenital heart disease
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025031
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinderkardiologie, Uniklinik Köln
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Children and adolescents/young adults aged 10 to 21 years who have a sibling with CHD
- Parents of children with congenital heart defects who also have a healthy sibling, ages 10 to 21, who has agreed to participate in this interview study (no age restriction)
- Stable mood according to self-assessment of the participants
- Informed, written declaration of consent to participate in the interviews of adult participants or of the legal guardians of non-adult participants who have been informed in detail and have given their own consent
- German as native language or very good knowledge of German
- Younger than 10 or older than 21 years (siblings)
- Currently unstable mood according to participant's self-assessment
- Lack of written informed consent from participants or legal guardians
- Lack of German language skills
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Concerns, distress and factors influencing well-being and quality of life in siblings of children with CHD.<br><br>Measured by self-developed interview guide and brief questionnaire based on the findings of a previous Systematic Review of the working group regarding knowledge gaps in the above mentioned outcomes.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eeds, or requirements regarding an intervention. <br><br>Measured by self-developed interview guide based on the findings of a previous Systematic Review of the working group regarding knowledge gaps in the above mentioned outcomes.