Psychoeducation for siblings of pediatric cancer patients – development, evaluation and implementation of an intervention program

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00000654

Enrollment

120

Registered

2011-01-19

Start date

2010-11-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

psychological distress in healthy siblings of pediatric cancer patients

Interventions

Group 1: Control group: general family-oriented after-care for four weeks, no specific psychoeducational intervention for healthy siblings Group 2: Intervention group: participation in the family-orie

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

4 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The intervention is addressed to 4-17 year old siblings of pediatric cancer patients and their parents. The families should participate at a family-oriented rehability program at the after-care clinic Tannheim or the rehabilitation clinic Katharinenhöhe. The participating parents and their children should have sufficient knowledge of the German language and declare their written informed consent (parents) and informed assent (underage children) for participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: siblings aged under four years, no informed consent to participate in the study, insufficient knowledge of the German language.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary Outcomes of this study are the siblings' psychological distress as well as their cancer-related knowlege. The sibling perception questionnaire (SPQ, Carpenter & Sahler, 1991) is used to measure psychological distress. Specific age appropriate questionnaires and an interview for preschoolers are used to measure cancer-related knowledge. These data are collected at the beginning of the family-oriented rehabilitation (t1), after the familiy-oriented rehabilitation (t2, 4 weeks after t1), and 2 months after the end of the family-oriented rehabilitation program.	—

Measure

Time frame

Primary Outcomes of this study are the siblings' psychological distress as well as their cancer-related knowlege. The sibling perception questionnaire (SPQ, Carpenter & Sahler, 1991) is used to measure psychological distress. Specific age appropriate questionnaires and an interview for preschoolers are used to measure cancer-related knowledge. These data are collected at the beginning of the family-oriented rehabilitation (t1), after the familiy-oriented rehabilitation (t2, 4 weeks after t1), and 2 months after the end of the family-oriented rehabilitation program.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes of this study are the satisfaction with one's family situation, the siblings' and the parents' quality of life. To measure the satisfactioin with one's family the Family-APGAR questionnaire is used (Austin & Huberty, 1989; Smilkstein, 1978). The siblings' quality of life is measured by the LQ-KID questionnaire (Goldbeck & Braun, 2003). The parents' quality of life is measure by means of the Ulm quality of Life Inventory for parents (Goldbeck & Storck, 2002). These data are collected at the beginning of the family-oriented rehabilitation (t1), after the familiy-oriented rehabilitation (t2, 4 weeks after t1), and 2 months after the end of the family-oriented rehabilitation program.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcomes of this study are the satisfaction with one's family situation, the siblings' and the parents' quality of life. To measure the satisfactioin with one's family the Family-APGAR questionnaire is used (Austin & Huberty, 1989; Smilkstein, 1978). The siblings' quality of life is measured by the LQ-KID questionnaire (Goldbeck & Braun, 2003). The parents' quality of life is measure by means of the Ulm quality of Life Inventory for parents (Goldbeck & Storck, 2002). These data are collected at the beginning of the family-oriented rehabilitation (t1), after the familiy-oriented rehabilitation (t2, 4 weeks after t1), and 2 months after the end of the family-oriented rehabilitation program.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactUte Dieluweit

Universitätsklinikum Ulm Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie

ute.dieluweit@uniklinik-ulm.de0731 50061639

Outcome results

None listed

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