Clinical trial NCT05616572: Online Educational Tool for Caregivers of Pediatric Oncology Patients
Official title: Online Educational Tool to Increase Knowledge and Decrease Anxiety in Caregivers of Pediatric Oncology Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Caregiver Burden
Care Giving Burden
Pediatric Cancer
Keywords: caregiver
pediatric oncology
Lead sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-11-15
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to assess the feasibility of using a game-based tool for caregivers of pediatric oncology patients to increase caregiver knowledge about supportive care for oncology patients while simultaneously reducing caregiver anxiety.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Caregiver of a pediatric cancer patient who was recently diagnosed with cancer, including all pediatric malignancies. Multiple caregivers can be enrolled. Caregiver is defined as a person who is responsible for the direct care, protection, and supervision of the pediatric cancer patient. In this context, a caregiver is not required to be the parent or legal guardian.
* Caregivers must have completed oncology nursing education either in the inpatient or outpatient setting.

  * Inpatient setting: Before discharge from hospital after nursing education
  * Outpatient setting: Within 15 days of discharge from the inpatient setting after nursing education or within 21 days of nursing education if diagnosis made in the outpatient setting

Exclusion Criteria:

* If less than 18 years of age
* Unable to utilize the electronic tool, complete the pre/post questionnaires and anxiety scale due to reading abilities, intellectual or physical disabilities.
* Cared for another child with cancer or secondary diagnosis

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of using game-based tool to augment oncological education in caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer as measured by percentage of caregivers that enroll and complete study visit.
timeFrame: Through completion of study visit (Day 1) for all participants (estimated to be 1 year)
measure: Feasibility of using game-based tool to augment oncological education in caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer as measured by the average time to completion of the educational tool.
timeFrame: Through completion of study visit (Day 1) for all participants (estimated to be 1 year)
measure: Feasibility of using game-based tool to augment oncological education in caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer as measured by average time to complete the study visit.
timeFrame: Through completion of study visit (Day 1) for all participants (estimated to be 1 year)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Determine the impact of a game-based tool in decreasing anxiety of caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer as measured by change in anxiety.
timeFrame: Prior to OncoWhiz and after OncoWhiz (Day 1)
measure: Determine the impact of a game-based tool in increasing knowledge of caregivers of children newly diagnosed with cancer as measure by change in knowledge.
timeFrame: Prior to OncoWhiz and after OncoWhiz (Day 1)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University School of Medicine
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
name: Melanie Fields, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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