The impact of an-e-health intervention on stress, quality of life, andcoping skills of parents of children with cancer: A multi-centered non-equivalent control group design

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Observational

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR-OPN-15007108

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2015-09-18

Start date

2015-09-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-04-18

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Conditions

pediatric cancer

Interventions

informational website, online support group anda whatsapp group:E-health intervention, which include an informational website versus usual care andthe link to the Childrens Cancer Foundation website,

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Parents are eligible if they (1) age 18 years or above; (2) weill be able or willing to access the internet or Whatsapp; (3) able to understandTraditional Chinese; Patients are eligible for the study if they (1) have been diagnosed with cancer regardless of the time being diagnosed; (2) age under 19 yrears; and (3) live with the parent in the same household.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: parents will be excluded if they are diagnosed with major psychiatric diseases or patient is terminally ill.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Stress, measured at baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Coping, measured at baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks;Quality of Life, measured by Caregiver Quality of life index-Cancer (mandarin version), andThe Generic Core Scales of the Paediatric quality of Life Inventory (PedsQLTM) 4.0 for child version or adolescent version;Stress measured by Saliva cortisol at baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYin Ping Doris Leung

dorisleung@cuhk.edu.hk+852 3943 8172

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026