Coping and Post Traumatic Distress in Children and Adolescents During Cancer Follow-up Care
NCT ID: NCT04908020
Last Updated: 2025-02-17
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
50 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2021-01-19
2024-10-31
Brief Summary
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Hypothesis: the investigators expect a reduction of post traumatic symptoms according to adequate coping strategies (eg. approach coping styles).
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Detailed Description
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The study aims: to investigate the presence of post-traumatic symptoms in patients out of therapy and in follow-up care; to explore the possible association between this post-traumatic symptomatology and the coping strategies used by the patients; to focus the possible correlation between post traumatic symptoms, coping and the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Follow up
The group is made up by children and adolescents, aged from 9 to 17, who received a cancer diagnosis, who completed oncological treatment and who are included in a clinical follow-up program since less than 3 years.
Furthermore, the study involves one parent for each patient to collect demographics and clinical data.
Follow-up patients
The intervention consists in the assessment of some psychological aspects (post traumatic stress symptoms and coping) of cancer patients in follow-up care, through specific tests. Each patient fills out the test battery during the psychological consult. At the same time, it is involved a parent to collect personal and clinical data through an ad hoc questionnaire.
Interventions
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Follow-up patients
The intervention consists in the assessment of some psychological aspects (post traumatic stress symptoms and coping) of cancer patients in follow-up care, through specific tests. Each patient fills out the test battery during the psychological consult. At the same time, it is involved a parent to collect personal and clinical data through an ad hoc questionnaire.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Scheduled to follow-up appointement
* Italian speaking
* Patients' and parents' consent
Exclusion Criteria
9 Years
17 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rosanna Martin
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Stefano Stagi, MD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Rosanna Martin, MSc
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Locations
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Meyer Children's Hospital
Florence, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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FOLLOWUP_PTSD
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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