Factors Related to Truth Telling in Primary Caregivers

NCT ID: NCT02214446

Last Updated: 2014-08-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

84 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose in this study was to investigate the current status, changes, correlation, and predictive factors of the truth telling, hope, care burden, and quality of life during treatment in primary caregivers of newly diagnosed children with cancer.

Detailed Description

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Background: Over the last 50 years, telling truth in adult with cancer was direct. However, studies of truth telling in newly diagnosed children with cancer were seldom. Explore the factors and experiences related to truth telling in primary caregivers of children newly diagnosis with cancer were seldom too. Therefore, we could not estimate the current status of truth telling in primary caregivers of newly diagnosed children with cancer.

Purpose: The purpose in this study was to investigate the current status, changes, correlation, and predictive factors of the truth telling, hope, care burden, and quality of life during treatment in primary caregivers of newly diagnosed children with cancer.

Method: Purposive sampling structured questionnaire, used longitudinal resistance, repeated measurements, correlational design. SAS 9.3 for Windows was used for data entry and analyze. By using the frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation to describe demographic information and current status of truth telling. By using the mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum to analyze hope, care burden, and quality of life. Demographic information, medical information data, truth telling, Herth Hope Index, caregiver burden scale, and quality of life index were tested by Pearson correlation coefficients; the change and predictors about truth telling, Herth Hope Index, caregiver burden scale, and quality of life index were tested by Generalized estimating equation.

Limitation: Studying in one medical center in Taipei, it could not estimate the country's primary caregivers of newly diagnosed children with cancer in conclusions. Because of the limitation of the manpower, time and case numbers, study tracked only six month, could not be assessed the long-term change of the Herth Hope Index, caregiver burden scale, truth telling and quality of life in primary caregivers of newly diagnosed children with cancer.

Conditions

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Primary Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed With Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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primary caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer

Explore Factors related to Truth Telling in Primary Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed with Cancer

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primary caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer must be aged 20 years or older.
* Who can communicate in Chinese and Taiwanese.
* Consciousness clear.
* Normal cognitive function.
* After the explanation, agreed to participate in the study and signed a consent form.
* The age of children newly diagnosed with cancer is between 0 and 18 years old, who are newly diagnosed with cancer, before determined treatment plan.
* The physician of children newly diagnosed with cancer, who were willing to participate this study and signed a consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

* Primary caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer, who have been diagnosed mental illness.
* The children were cancer recurrence.
* The physician of children newly diagnosed with cancer, who were not willing to participate this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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SHIANN-TARNG JOU, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Chen-Ni Li

Role: CONTACT

+886-936-806-856

Facility Contacts

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SHIANN-TARNG JOU, PhD

Role: primary

+886-2-23123456 ext. 71716

Other Identifiers

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201311041RINC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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