Communication Memory of Cancer Diagnosis Within the Pediatric Triangle
NCT ID: NCT04392908
Last Updated: 2025-09-26
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
70 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2019-09-01
2026-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Phases of the present study:
1. Sample recruitment and informed consent collection.
2. Diagnosis communication audio recording.
3. Communication of the autobiographical memory of the diagnosis audio recording of patients, parents, oncologist, nurse and psychologists involved, the day after the communication.
4. Questionnaire APAM administration for adult participants.
5. Audio Transcription and data coded. Data will be registered and operated by means of statistical software as SPSS (IBM) and T-Lab (Lancia, 2004).
6. Statistical processing: ANOVA and t of Student tests will be implemented in order to compare collected questionnaires. Narrative analysis will be implemented by means of textual analysis software.
Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_ONLY
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Patients
Pediatric patients from 12 to 17 with cancer diagnosis only taken by Meyer Children's Hospital prior consent. Knowledge of fluent Italian language is required
Communication memory
All groups will undergo audio-recorder interviews. Only adults will complete a self-report questionnaire on phenomenological aspects of autobiographical memories.
Parents
Parents of pediatric patients prior consent. Knowledge of fluent Italian language is required
Communication memory
All groups will undergo audio-recorder interviews. Only adults will complete a self-report questionnaire on phenomenological aspects of autobiographical memories.
Medical Staff
Medical staff including doctor, psychologist and nurse
Communication memory
All groups will undergo audio-recorder interviews. Only adults will complete a self-report questionnaire on phenomenological aspects of autobiographical memories.
Interventions
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Communication memory
All groups will undergo audio-recorder interviews. Only adults will complete a self-report questionnaire on phenomenological aspects of autobiographical memories.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Italian speaking
\- Italian speaking and signature informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
* followed by other hospital;
* cognitive disability
\- cognitive disability
12 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Florence
OTHER
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rosanna Martin
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Chiara Fioretti, PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Laboratorio di Metodi e Tecniche di Analisi delle Esperienze di Malattia Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione e Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Locations
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Meyer Children's Hospital
Florence, Firenze, Italy
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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Communication in oncology
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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