A manualised preventive counselling program for Children Of Somatically Ill Parents (COSIP)

A naturalistic semi-controlled trial of a manualised preventive counselling program for children of parents with cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN54562836

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-10-13

Start date

2009-12-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-06-05

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Conditions

Child and adolescent psychotherapy and psychiatry, psycho-oncology Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

A manualised child-focused preventive counselling program consisting of 1. Evaluation of parent(s) 2. Evaluation of child or children 3. A maximum of six individually customised and focused session

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Wishing/seeking support 2. At least one parent has cancer 3. At least one child between 0-21 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Neither parent has cancer (e.g. other chronic diseases) 2. No informed consent for study participation (the program is provided without study participation) 3. At least one parent has psychotic symptoms or a psychotic mental disorder (ICD-10 or DSM-IV) 4. Acute endangerment of child to self or others 5. Insufficient German language abilities 6. Insufficient mobility of ill parent (the program is then offered to other family members)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Children?s health-related quality of life with Kid-Screen (8-18 years) rated from children?s and parents? view 2. Children?s behavioural and emotional problems measured with Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (11-18 years) rated from children?s and parents? view	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parents? self-rated anxiety and depression measured with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 2. Family Assessment Device (FAD) to measure familial functioning from parents? perspective 3. Family Crisis-Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES) to measure familial coping behaviour in crisis situations 4. Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness (FKV) to measure parental coping with illness 5. Health Survey (SF-8) to measure parental quality of life 6. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-Risc) to measure six different resilience factors 7. Kid-Cope (13-18 years) to measure children?s and adolescent?s cognitive and behavioural coping with parents? cancer disease 8. Ad hoc developed intervention program rating scales to evaluate specific intervention contents and satisfaction with intervention; ratings from parents?, children?s (over 11 years) and counsellors? viewpoint	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parents? self-rated anxiety and depression measured with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 2. Family Assessment Device (FAD) to measure familial functioning from parents? perspective 3. Family Crisis-Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES) to measure familial coping behaviour in crisis situations 4. Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness (FKV) to measure parental coping with illness 5. Health Survey (SF-8) to measure parental quality of life 6. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-Risc) to measure six different resilience factors 7. Kid-Cope (13-18 years) to measure children?s and adolescent?s cognitive and behavioural coping with parents? cancer disease 8. Ad hoc developed intervention program rating scales to evaluate specific intervention contents and satisfaction with intervention; ratings from parents?, children?s (over 11 years) and counsellors? viewpoint

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Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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