Feasibility Study on the Effect of Complementary Methods as Supportive Interventions for Parents of Children With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT01590524

Last Updated: 2014-10-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-04-30

Study Completion Date

2014-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle relaxation are effective as stress reducing techniques in parents of hospitalized children with cancer.

Detailed Description

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Having a children with cancer can be a source of stress for parents during hospitalization. The stress experienced by the parents can negatively influence their functionality, daily activities, psychological state and also their physical condition. The studies in the literature have mainly focused on the child rather than the parent, and studies specifically for guided imagery are scarce. Since the parents are often neglected by the healthcare professionals during the stress evoking period of hospitalization, this study will test the effectiveness of complementary methods in improving the psychological state of the parents.

Conditions

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Anxiety Stress Mood Coping

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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CAM group

Subjects receiving the interventions and standard psychological care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily implementation of the guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation techniques additionally to weekly supervised sessions.

No-CAM group

Parents receiving only standard psychological care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Daily implementation of the guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation techniques additionally to weekly supervised sessions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* willingness to participate
* having a child with childhood cancer been hospitalized for 4 weeks
* have a child (0-18) of age with childhood cancer
* able to speak and write Greek fluently
* no previous experience with CAM techniques

Exclusion Criteria

* receiving drug therapy for stress
* using another CAM technique during the study

* parents of children receiving palliative care
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cyprus University of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Andreas Charalambous

Lecturer-Researcher

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Andreas Charalambous, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cyprus University of Technology

Locations

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Archbishob Makarios Hospital

Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Site Status

Countries

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Cyprus

Other Identifiers

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AC-GIPMRL-87

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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