How Family Coping With Child Cancer Affects Child's Quality of Life?
How Families Cope With Child Cancer? A Longitudinal Study on the Role of "We-appraisals" on Child's Health-related Quality of Life
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Brief Summary
Children with newly diagnosed cancer and their parents will be contacted and invited to participate. Upon agreement, children will be interviewed, both parents will fill out questionnaires and be additionally interviewed. Using a 3-wave longitudinal design, mainly self-reported parental we-appraisals and we-disease-appraisals, couple dyadic coping (DC) and parent-child DC during a course of 12 months will be examined. Additionally, during brief separate interviews, the parents' speech will be coded for we-appraisals and expressed emotion regarding the other partner and the child. Findings will provide information on how family variables affect child QoL over 12 months.
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Target at P50-P75 for all trials
Started Jun 2015
Longer than P75 for all trials
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 10, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 12, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 31, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2021
CompletedMay 18, 2022
May 1, 2022
6.4 years
June 10, 2015
May 17, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Child quality of life
Interview based on the DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Measure long version (DCGM-37) (Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2007)
Three time points in a 12- months trajectory: 4/6 weeks after cancer diagnosis (T1), 6 months after diagnosis 1 (T2), and 12 months after diagnosis (T3)
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Child posttraumatic stress disorder
Three time points in a 12- months trajectory: 4/6 weeks after cancer diagnosis (T1), 6 months after diagnosis 1 (T2), and 12 months after diagnosis (T3)
Parental psychological adjustment
Three time points in a 12- months trajectory: 4/6 weeks after cancer diagnosis (T1), 6 months after diagnosis 1 (T2), and 12 months after diagnosis (T3)
Parental posttraumatic stress disorder
Three time points in a 12- months trajectory: 4/6 weeks after cancer diagnosis (T1), 6 months after diagnosis 1 (T2), and 12 months after diagnosis (T3)
Eligibility Criteria
Children with newly diagnosed cancer and their parents
You may qualify if:
- Children between 6 and 17 years old diagnosed with cancer (4-6 weeks) as listed on the Swiss Cancer Registry
- Parents of children recently diagnosed with child cancer
- Caregiver parent living together with another partner in a committed relationship for at least one year.
You may not qualify if:
- Ill children with pre-existing severe cognitive and physical disability (physician's rating)
- Ill children with single parents
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, 8032, Switzerland
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Markus Landolt, PhD
University Children's Hospital of Zurich
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- FAMILY BASED
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 10, 2015
First Posted
June 12, 2015
Study Start
June 1, 2015
Primary Completion
October 31, 2021
Study Completion
December 31, 2021
Last Updated
May 18, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share