Familien-SCOUT: Comprehensive Support for Families With a Parent Suffering From Cancer

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

472 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-01

Study Completion Date

2022-06-01

Brief Summary

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When a parent with minor children falls ill with cancer, it is extremely stressful for all of the family members, including the partner and children. Familiar everyday routines are often disrupted even at an early stage, and for a prolonged period. Financial difficulties, the threat represented by the uncertain course of the disease, and worries about the children's future have a cumulative effect. The affected families are thereby pushed to their limits organizationally and emotionally. The burden involved tends to be underestimated, and secondary psychological conditions often develop among all the family members. They often do not have adequate access to support.

The aim of this project is to establish a care management system that provides support for families with underage children in which one parent is seriously ill. In order to reduce the burden on families, "family SCOUTS" are to be used who can provide advice and information at an early stage. They are intended to encourage families to discuss things openly, and they should also facilitate access to all the support services available.

The project will evaluate whether the use of family SCOUTS reduces the burden on the family in comparison with families who do not have a family SCOUT. For this purpose, investigations will be carried out before and after the family SCOUTS are deployed. Standardized questionnaires, interviews, and routine data from the participating health-insurance companies will provide the basic data.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Families With Minor Children and One Parent Suffering From Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group (IG)

Families receive permanent contact persons to support in the organisation of everyday life, financial applications, during emotional coping with illness and open communication within the family.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

F-SPOKE

Intervention Type OTHER

This project includes communicative, emotional, and also organizational support with outreach across different sectors and phases (F-SPOKE - family-centered, cross-sector and cross-phase organizational, communicative, and emotional support).

Control Group

In the control group the families are treated according to the standard of care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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F-SPOKE

This project includes communicative, emotional, and also organizational support with outreach across different sectors and phases (F-SPOKE - family-centered, cross-sector and cross-phase organizational, communicative, and emotional support).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Confirmed ICD diagnosis of cancer in one parent
* Custody of at least one underage child
* Adequate knowledge of German
* Availability of informed consent to participate in the study from the patient and/or healthy parent and linkage to questionnaire data and routine data

Exclusion Criteria

* Withdrawal of consent by the ill or healthy parent
* Relevant cognitive limitation, advanced dementia
* Individuals who are in relationships of dependence or employment to the project managers or their representatives

Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes