Coping Skills Training (CST) for Children With Chronic Health Conditions

NCT00359775 | Completed Phase 2

• 2 other identifiers: CHW 06/32,GC 95UWM # 06-02-208
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose of the study The purpose of this study is to pilot an adapted Coping Skills Training (CST) intervention for feasibility and preliminary efficacy with a sample of children 8 to 12 years of age and their parents. The participants in this study at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin are dealing with one of three chronic health conditions (Rheumatologic Conditions, Epilepsy,Spina Bifida, and Asthma). Research Questions/Study Aims The research questions addressed in the full study are:

1. 1.What is the impact of CST on child depression, QOL, health motivation, attitude toward illness, and self-management efficacy?
2. 2.What is the impact of CST on parent depression, perception of child's quality of life, perception of impact of CHC on family, and family conflict?

Conditions

Rheumatologic Conditions (JRA,Lupus); Epilepsy; Spina Bifida; Asthma

Keywords

Coping; psychosocial; Quality of Life; problem solving

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Child Depression measured by Child Depression Inventory (CDI)

  ongoing

• Parent Depression measured by Beck Depression inventory (BDI)

  ongoing

• Quality of life measured by Child Health Questionnaire

  ongoing

• Impact on Family measured by the Impact of Family Scale.

  ongoing

Interventions

Coping Skills Training BEHAVIORAL

6 session behavioral program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Male and female children ages 8 to 12 with no known severe cognitive delays,
• Who are English speaking,
• With one of the three target conditions; and
• Have at least one parent willing to participate.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with cognitive delay

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin: lead
• University of Wisconsin, Madison: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Epilepsy; Spinal Dysraphism; Asthma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neural Tube Defects; Nervous System Malformations; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Betsy Roth-Wojcicki, MS, CPNP

  Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Kathleen Sawin, DNS, CPNP,

  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee/Children's Hopsital of Wisconsin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2006
• First Posted: August 2, 2006
• Study Start: July 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2012
• Study Completion: January 1, 2012
• Last Updated: February 20, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-02

Locations

US (1)