Crisis intervention for parents of children with newly diagnosed cancer: implementation and assessment of efficacy

Crisis intervention for parents of children with newly diagnosed cancer: development, implementation and assessment of efficacy of a model for treatment of distress and traumatic stress symptoms in a randomised controlled trial where post-intervention distress symptom levels of cases are compared with those of controls receiving standard treatment as usual

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN74785352

Enrollment

350

Registered

2012-01-12

Start date

2000-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression Mental and Behavioural Disorders Post-traumatic stress disorder

Interventions

CIP-CC program: manual-guided, structured and time-limited psychological crisis intervention. Duration: 12 months Control: treatment as usual, consisting of standard routine psychosocial attention of

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of a child with a recent primary cancer diagnosis (i.e. newly diagnosed) 2. The child registered at the study treatment center

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Child registered for treatment of a relapse 2. Child suffering from a known 100% fatal malignancy 3. Child in a palliative treatment stage 4. Parent does not speak Swedish

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Illness-specific distress and generic symptoms of anxiety and depression assesed using the standardised 'Parental Psychosocial Distress in Cancer' (PPD-C) - a 125 item self-report instrument 2. Traumatic and post-traumatic stress assessed using the standardised 'Impact of Events Scale - revised' (IES-R) - a 22-item self-report instrument Assessed at baseline and follow-up.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
For intervention participants: 1. The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) to assess participants unitary general satisfaction 2. Evaluation of efficacy and feasibility of the CIP-CC program	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

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