childhood cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Screening study: no intervention
focus of analyses are relations among variables
see "endpoints" for assessed variables
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Klinik IV: Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: cancer diagnosis in childhood, at time of study at least 18 years old, at least 5 years off therapy, signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: not able to read and write German
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes are psychological well-being and coping. Main goals of the study are the assessment of psychological well-being (screening/description of study group) and the analysis of relations between different ways of coping and psychological well-being. Both endpoints are assessed at the same time. They are operationalized by the following questionnaires/items: Psychological Well-being: -Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (Derogatis 2000) -Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale, 8 Item Version (Ehring et al. 2007) Coping: -Cognitive Control Strategy Scale (Stam et al., 2006) -White Bear Suppression Scale (Wegner & Zanakos, 1994) -Illness Perception Scale-Revised (Moss-Morris et al., 2002) -Subjective Risk Perception -Perceived positive consequences/benefits | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome variables are sociodempgraphic information/social adaptation, medical late effects, general distress, social support, and body image. Secondary outcome variabels are assessed at the same time point as primary outcomes. The following questionnaires are used: -Questionnaire on sociodemographic and health information -Distress Thermometer (Holland & Reznik, 2005) -Questionnaire on Social Support, 14 Item Shortform (Fydrich, Sommer & Brähler, 2007) -Body Image Questionnaire (Wenninger et al., 2003) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactKerstin Wenninger
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin - Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie
Outcome results
None listed