Education Tools to Support Pediatric Survivor Care

Not Applicable

Completed

Brief Summary: This study aims to evaluate the impact of electronic educational materials on adolescent and young adult ("AYA") survivors' knowledge about late effects, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, and intentions to engage in lifelong survivor care.

Detailed Description: Despite increased risk for morbidity and mortality related to cancer treatment, over half of young adult survivors of childhood cancer do not engage in the recommended healthcare designed to detect late effects and secondary cancers. There is a scarcity of data on adherence to survivor-focused healthcare, particularly at the critical transition from pediatrics to adult care. In order to improve transition outcomes, the investigators need to create media to educate survivors about need for adherence to adult survivor healthcare.

This study aims to evaluate the impact of electronic educational materials on AYA survivors' knowledge about late effects, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, and intentions to engage in lifelong survivor care.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must be 18-25 years of age,
Diagnosed with cancer at ≤ 18 years of age,
≥ 2 years since the last cancer treatment,
seen at least once in the Aflac CSP in the past 2 years or transitioned out of the Aflac CSP to adult survivor care since 2013.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients and/or parents will be excluded from participation in the study if the participant is non-English speaking.
Young adult survivors who are cognitively impaired and unable to complete the questionnaires.
Participants that do not consent to the recording of their interviews.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Electronic educational material	Electronic educational material	Participants will complete an online pre-test survey via REDCap. One week after the pre-test survey is completed, AYAs will be sent electronic media via email to review on their own. Study staff will confirm receipt and review of material and schedule a post-test survey to be completed in REDCap two weeks after material is reviewed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in knowledge	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	Knowledge will be assessed at baseline and 2 weeks post-intervention, with the Survivor Care Knowledge scale, that includes 15-item multiple-choice quiz to assess participants' knowledge of the content covered in the electronic educational materials previously provided. Total score ranges from 0-15. Higher score is associated with better outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Champion Susceptibility Scale for Mammography Screening	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	3-item study adapted Champion Susceptibility Scale for Mammography Screening. Total score ranges from 3-15. Lower score equals less susceptibility to late effects of treatment
Change in Champion Benefits Scale for Mammography screening	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	5-item study adapted Champion Benefits Scale for Mammography Screening. Total score ranges from 5-25. Lower score equals fewer perceived benefits of survivor care
Change in Champion Barriers Scale for Mammography Screening	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	11-item study adapted Champion Barriers Scale for Mammography Screening. Total score ranges from 11-55. Lower score equals fewer perceived barriers to survivor care
Change in Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS)	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	8-item Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS). total score ranges from 8-40. Lower score equals lower perceived health competence
Change in Intentions for survivor care	Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention	2-item study adapted Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior- Intentions. Total score ranges from 2-14. Lower score equals greater intention to engage in long-term follow-up care

Locations (1): Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States