Family Functioning and Child Behavior When a Sibling is Critically Ill

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this study is to determine if there is a correlation between an efficacious family environment and sibling behavior in families with children who are critically ill.

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Detailed Description

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Families of critically ill children can face many emotional challenges during the course of a child's illness. While some research has looked at the impact on parents, there has been little focused on siblings. We want to better understand how social support may have a protective effect on siblings' quality of life. The goal of this study is to determine if there is a correlation between an efficacious family environment and sibling behavior in families with children who are critically ill. Our hypothesis is that a cohesive, emotionally rich and open family environment provides social support so that siblings can explore and express the difficult emotions that accompany illness, and is therefore a protective factor for a sibling's behavior.

Conditions

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Child Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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FU-1 feedback

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

One week follow up assessment results

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

FU-1 feedback group will receive child behavior assessment results and interpretation,and a brief intervention to encourage support options.

control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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One week follow up assessment results

FU-1 feedback group will receive child behavior assessment results and interpretation,and a brief intervention to encourage support options.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult (age 18 and older) who has decision making authority for CHOP patient who has been referred to the Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT) for palliative care services, and with a child(ren) age 6-11 years who is a sibling of the patient
* any race/ethnicity