Pediatric Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
psychosocial risk
Brief summary
The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is an international used instrument for the screening for psychosocial risk factors in families of a child with cancer. This study want to investigate the validation and evaluation of the clinical value of the Flemish translation of the psychosocial assessment tool
Detailed description
Psychosocial support of children having a diagnosis of cancer and their families is a crucial aspect of a qualitative treatment. Assessment of psychosocial needs is a first step in order to provide better and preventive psychosocial support. In Flanders, no instrument for screening of psychosocial needs is available. The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is an international used instrument for the screening for psychosocial risk factors in families of a child with cancer. This study want to investigate the validation and evaluation of the clinical value of the Flemish translation of the PAT. Two large Flemish pediatric oncology centers will participate: University hospital Ghent (UZGent) and the University hospital in Leuven (UZLeuven). During a time period of 2.5 years families in which a child received a new diagnosis of a pediatric cancer will be invited to participate in this study. All subscales of the PAT will be validated by the use of standardized parent questionnaires measuring similar constructs: Inventory Social Reliance, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Parenting Stress Index-short version and illness cognitions questionnaire, parent version. The usability of the PAT will be evaluated with the PAT-Netherlands Usability questionnaire. The clinical value will be evaluated by comparing the clinical judgment of psychosocial risk by the psychosocial team members of both centers with the scores on the PAT. The proposed project is an important step to ameliorate psychosocial support in families with a child with a diagnosis of cancer in Flemish pediatric oncological centers.
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire
Questionnaire of psychosocial risk factors
Sponsors
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* parents of all children and adolescents from 0-18 years that are diagnosed with cancer
Exclusion criteria
* no knowledge of Dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| validation of PAT questionnaire | baseline assessment at diagnosis | The PAT validation will be performed by correlating PAT scores with validated questionnaires measuring similar constructs as the PAT. These questionnaires are Inventory social reliance, strengths and difficulties questionnaire , hospital anxiety and depression scale, parenting stress index -short version and illness cognition questionnaire parent version. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| clinical value of questionnaire | baseline assessment at diagnosis | a risk estimation of psychosocial risk by psychosocial team after diagnosis, but blinded to PAT scores, will be compared with PAT scores |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed