Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
cancer patients, quality of life
Brief summary
The aim of phase 1 of this study is to develop a care need scale (CNS) for adolescents with cancer. The aim of phase 2 is to examine the mediating role of care needs between physical and psychosocial dysfunction and QoL, and to explore the recovery trajectory and its predictors regarding the care needs, physical and psychosocial factors, and the QoL of adolescents with cancer at the first, second, and third 3-month periods after initiating on-treatment and off-treatment. The aim of phase 3 is to examine the effectiveness of the computerized assessment with graphic outcome (CAGO) for fulfilling the care needs of adolescents with cancer, its acceptability for adolescents with cancer, and its usability for clinicians in pediatric oncology units.
Interventions
OTHERCAGO questionnaire outcome
Every time when cancer patients fulfill the following questionnaires, SDS, PTGI, CNS, PedsQL, the outcome of the questionnaires will be provided to the experimental group of the participants by using a computer assessment with graphic outcome.
Sponsors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria for adolescents with cancer are 1. 13-20 years of age 2. previously or currently treated for cancer 3. able to communicate in Chinese 4. able to comprehend the study information
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Usability scale | 2 weeks |
| Symptom Distress Scale | 2 weeks |
| Beck Youth Inventories second edition | 2 weeks |
| Posttraumatic Growth Index | 2 weeks |
| Resilience Scale | 2 weeks |
| Care demand scale | 2 weeks |
| Pediatric Quality of Life | 2 weeks |
| Acceptability if E-scale | 2 weeks |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactWei-Wen Wu
Outcome results
None listed