Clinical trial NCT03631485: Exploring the Mental Health of Parents Having Children With Cancer
Official title: An Exploratory Study of Resilience in Parents of Children With Cancer
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Resilience of Parents Having Children With Cancer
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-08-15
Enrollment: 181
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Parents having children with cancer who are treated at a tertiary hospital in Mainland China between September 2018 and December 2018 will be recruited.

Brief summary: Caring for children with cancer is described as life-changing experience and overwhelming stress for parents. Poor quality of life and mental health problems such as depression and anxiety were found in this population. The psychological status of them is still waited to be improved. As a dominant term in positive psychology, resilience is commonly regarded as the ability to move forward or keep normal under adversity. It was proved to be associated with psychological outcomes in adolescents and chronic illness patients, enhanced resilience usually along with improved mental health, while little evidence was available in the parents of children with cancer.

A cross-sectional study will be conducted to explore the level of resilience and psychological outcomes such as quality of life, depression, anxiety and well-being in parents of children with cancer using questionnaires. Such results will be compared with normal population to help evaluate the psychological status of those parents. The relationship between resilience and these psychological outcomes will also be examined. Lower resilience and higher resilience of the parents will be determined by the lowest and highest quartile of The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) scores. Subsequently, a qualitative study will be conducted to explore the experience of those parents with lower resilience and higher resilience.

It is anticipated that risk parents of children with cancer could be identified from the inferior outcomes of resilience and psychological outcomes. Both the results of cross-sectional study and qualitative study will guide the development of interventions designed to enhance resilience and promote positive psychological outcomes among targeted parents of children with cancer under risk.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* have a child (0-19 years old) with cancer diagnosis. Chinese resident and can read Chinese and speak Mandarin.

Exclusion Criteria:

* have physical impairment or cognitive and learning problems identified from family history of medical records.

attending other researches.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Resilience measurement by using the Connor-Davidson resilience scale.
timeFrame: A cross-sectional study will be conducted during September 2018 and January 2019. The measurement will be taken once for each participant.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life measurement by using the Short Form 6D (SF-6D).
timeFrame: A cross-sectional study will be conducted during September 2018 and January 2019. The measurement will be taken once for each participant.
measure: Depression measurement by using self-rating depression scale.
timeFrame: A cross-sectional study will be conducted during September 2018 and January 2019. The measurement will be taken once for each participant.
measure: Anxiety measurement by using self-rating anxiety scale.
timeFrame: A cross-sectional study will be conducted during September 2018 and January 2019. The measurement will be taken once for each participant.
measure: Stress measurement by using perceived stress scale.
timeFrame: A cross-sectional study will be conducted during September 2018 and January 2019. The measurement will be taken once for each participant.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
References:
citation: Luo Y, Li HCW, Xia W, Cheung AT, Ho LLK, Chung JOK. The Lived Experience of Resilience in Parents of Children With Cancer: A Phenomenological Study. Front Pediatr. 2022 May 30;10:871435. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.871435. eCollection 2022.
citation: Luo YH, Li WHC, Cheung AT, Ho LLK, Xia W, He XL, Zhang JP, Chung JOK. Relationships between resilience and quality of life in parents of children with cancer. J Health Psychol. 2022 Apr;27(5):1048-1056. doi: 10.1177/1359105321990806. Epub 2021 Jan 31.