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Stimulating communication within families with a child with cancer: the possible role of newly designed products.

Stimulating communication within families with a child with cancer: the possible role of newly designed products. - Stimulating communication within families with a child with cancer.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON45559
Enrollment
20
Registered
2017-03-21
Start date
2017-03-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

psychosociale ontwikkeling communication barriers and demotivation

Interventions

childhood cancer
family system
new normal
psychosocial development

Sponsors

Delft University of Technology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
2 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this pilot-study, the following criteria have to be meet: ;-The families we want to invite for our study, need to be interested in trying out new interactive prototypes; -The patients should be currently under treatment and aged: between 6 and 10 years old to interact with AscoltaMe; between 10 and 16 years old to interact with Mr.V; -In the study we will include families (parents and siblings) with patients under treatment for leukaemia or solid tumours (siblings can be in the same age range of the patients or also be younger then 6 years old/ older then 16 years old); -However, the patients in treatment must present a stable/low risk protocol treatment and they must not be hospitalized in the week when the study with the prototype will be scheduled; -Only Dutch-speaking families will be asked to participate, therefore an understanding of the English language will not be necessary.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Any of the following criteria will be reason for exclusion from participation in this pilot-study:;-Patients in treatment (and family of the patients) with a high risk protocol treatment; -Hospitalized patients ( or scheduled to be hospitalized in the week selected for the pilot-study);

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Qualitative analysis of interview-data referring to the experiences of using the prototypes, the perceived influence of prototypes by family-members on family routine, and the appreciation of the prototypes as a decorative objects.

Countries

The Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)