Health Status Unknown, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
Conditions
Keywords
psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment, health status unknown
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Art therapy may help relieve emotional distress in caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying art therapy for caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * Test the effects of an art therapy intervention on emotional distress in caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe pro-social interactions of caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe the illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention. * Describe the caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning prior to pediatric patients initiation of bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Determine the effect size for calculating the sample needed for a randomized clinical trial. OUTLINE: Caregivers undergo art therapy over 60 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. Each session comprises developing trust through the expression of support, affirmation, and collaboration; creating intimacy through attunement; exploring affective states; integrative processing through the creation of an autobiographical narrative; and identifying opportunities for continued exploration and resources that support the client, should that exploration become necessary. Caregivers also complete a Meaning of Life Questionnaire and a Family Quality of Life Scale at baseline and at the end of week 6.
Interventions
6 weekly 60 minute sessions
OTHERquestionnaire administration
Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
PROCEDUREquality-of-life assessment
Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
PROCEDUREstress management therapy
6 weekly 60 minute sessions
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
City of Hope Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Family caregiver identified by the patient's physician as most involved in the patient care including, but not limited to, the following: * Mother * Father * Grandmother * Grandfather * Aunt * Uncle * Older sibling * One caregiver per pediatric patient * No caregivers who are part of an institutional system and are temporarily fulfilling the custodial role of the patient (i.e., foster parents) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to speak and read English and/or Spanish * No uncontrolled mental health and/or physical condition PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Emotional distress | Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy |
| Pro-social interactions | Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy |
| Illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention | Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy |
| Caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning | Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed