parents of children who are diagnosed with cancer C00-D48
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Study participants include parents of children who are recently receiving acute cancer treatment. All parents participte in yoga sessions three times a week for 4-weeks
Sponsors
Deutsche Sporthochschule KölnInstitut für Kreislaufforschugn und Sportmedizin, Abteilung Molekulare und Zelluläre Sportmedizin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Parents of children who are diagnosed with cancer and whose acute medial treatment requires regular hospitalization - written informed consent by the study participant
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - pregnancy - severe physical and/or mental impairments or other burdens that make participation in yoga impossible - inadequate german language skills that does not allow the understanding of the declaration of consent, the yoga constructions or the applied questionnaires
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility of the yoga intervention is primarily assessed by applying a self-developped questionnaire assessing satisfaction and perceived effects od the intervention. This questionnaire has already been successfully applied in recent pediatric oncology studies (parent version) and is supplemented by questions on potential prerequisites and obstacles for yoga participation as well as by questions on special requests for parental exercise intervention in pediatric oncology. Due to the special situation of parents of children who are diagnosed with cancer, assessing feasibility is necessary to allow the transfer of scientific data into daily clinical care. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The effects of a 4-week yoga intervention as well as the effects of a single yoga session on the perceived physical State are additionally assessed: - stress level and management (Perceived Stress Questionnaire – German version) - Perceived physical state (Adjective list for assessing Perceived Physical State, PEPS) - mental well- being and life quality of life (Short Form Health 36-questionnaire, SF-36) - Interview on the mental condition in the specific context of pediatric oncology Additional feasibility parameters are collected: - yoga-specific adverse events - conducted training sessions in term of duration, intensity, and feasibility of the individual yoga exercises - participation rate - reasons for non-participation | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactVanessa Oschwald
Deutsche Sporthochschule KölnInstitut für Kreislaufforschung und Sportmedizin, Abteilung Molekulare und Zelluläre Sportmedizin
Outcome results
None listed