Exploring the Mental Health of Parents Having Children With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03631485

Last Updated: 2019-05-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

181 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-27

Study Completion Date

2018-11-27

Brief Summary

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Caring for children with cancer is described as life-changing experience and overwhelming stress for parents. Poor quality of life and mental health problems such as depression and anxiety were found in this population. The psychological status of them is still waited to be improved. As a dominant term in positive psychology, resilience is commonly regarded as the ability to move forward or keep normal under adversity. It was proved to be associated with psychological outcomes in adolescents and chronic illness patients, enhanced resilience usually along with improved mental health, while little evidence was available in the parents of children with cancer.

A cross-sectional study will be conducted to explore the level of resilience and psychological outcomes such as quality of life, depression, anxiety and well-being in parents of children with cancer using questionnaires. Such results will be compared with normal population to help evaluate the psychological status of those parents. The relationship between resilience and these psychological outcomes will also be examined. Lower resilience and higher resilience of the parents will be determined by the lowest and highest quartile of The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) scores. Subsequently, a qualitative study will be conducted to explore the experience of those parents with lower resilience and higher resilience.

It is anticipated that risk parents of children with cancer could be identified from the inferior outcomes of resilience and psychological outcomes. Both the results of cross-sectional study and qualitative study will guide the development of interventions designed to enhance resilience and promote positive psychological outcomes among targeted parents of children with cancer under risk.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Resilience of Parents Having Children With Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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parents having children with cancer

No intervention.

Exposure_having children with cancer

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention. The exposure is having children with cancer.

Interventions

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Exposure_having children with cancer

No intervention. The exposure is having children with cancer.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* have a child (0-19 years old) with cancer diagnosis. Chinese resident and can read Chinese and speak Mandarin.

Exclusion Criteria

* have physical impairment or cognitive and learning problems identified from family history of medical records.

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Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

References

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Luo Y, Li HCW, Xia W, Cheung AT, Ho LLK, Chung JOK. The Lived Experience of Resilience in Parents of Children With Cancer: A Phenomenological Study. Front Pediatr. 2022 May 30;10:871435. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.871435. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35707743 (View on PubMed)

Luo YH, Li WHC, Cheung AT, Ho LLK, Xia W, He XL, Zhang JP, Chung JOK. Relationships between resilience and quality of life in parents of children with cancer. J Health Psychol. 2022 Apr;27(5):1048-1056. doi: 10.1177/1359105321990806. Epub 2021 Jan 31.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33522296 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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UW 18-371

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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