Investigating the Needs of Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Unreported Experience

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This feasibility study will determine the psychometric adequacy of a newly developed instrument - Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Needs Assessment Questionnaire (CCSS-NAQ). Additionally, the study will explore the feasibility of selected study methods -- sample selection, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates - in order to inform a larger national periodic survey of adult survivors' health related needs

Detailed Description
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This study will focus on the following primary and secondary objectives: Examine the construct validity, short-term stability, internal consistency and item-response performance of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors Inform future sample stratification by over-sampling minority and rural-dwelling survivors to enhance the heterogeneity of the respondent pool; Describe the met and unmet health-related needs and their covariates in a large, stratified, random sample of childhood cancer survivors; Evaluate the sample selection methods, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates in the study sample.

Official Title
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Investigating the Needs of Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Unreported Experience

Conditions
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Childhood Cancer

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Living CCSS participant Age 25 years or older on December 31, 2009 History of successful independent (non-surrogate) response to previous CCSS surveys (Flesch-Kincaid reading level for non-medical items established at 4th-6th grade). Exclusion Criteria: Received treatment for pediatric malignancy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Cancer Survivors<br>Examine the construct validity, short-term stability, internal consistency and item-response performance of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Examine the construct validity, internal consistency, item-response performance, and short-term stability of a health-related needs assessment self-report instrument for adult childhood cancer survivors. |  | July 2011 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inform future sample stratification by over-sampling minority and rural-dwelling survivors to enhance the heterogeneity of the respondent pool. |  | July 2011 | 
| Describe the met and unmet needs of childhood cancer survivors and their important covariates in a large, stratified random sample of childhood cancer survivors. |  | July 2011 | 
| Evaluate the sample selection methods, length of time to complete recruitment, and response rates in the study sample. |  | July 2011 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Needs assessment, Health-related needs, Childhood cancer survivors