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Art Therapy Interventions With Caregivers Supporting Pediatric Patients Who Are Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation for Cancer


N/A
18 Years
N/A
Not Enrolling
Both
Health Status Unknown, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

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Trial Information

Art Therapy Interventions With Caregivers Supporting Pediatric Patients Who Are Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation for Cancer


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.

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

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Outcome Measure:

Emotional distress

Outcome Time Frame:

Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Kate Kravits, RN, MA

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Beckman Research Institute

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

08028

NCT ID:

NCT00922285

Start Date:

June 2008

Completion Date:

Related Keywords:

  • Health Status Unknown
  • Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
  • psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment
  • health status unknown

Name

Location
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Duarte, California  91010