Life Quality of Children in Cancer Remission During School Reintegration (QdV leucémie)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer Remission

Treatments: Other: Questionnaires

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03240029

2009-A01379-48

Details and patient eligibility

About

Few data about the evaluation of consequences of past life with cancer on life quality of children in school reintegration are available in literature. Nevertheless, some of these studies show that the reintegration impairs life quality of these children (school difficulties, conflictual relations with peers...). The hypothesis is that children with past life with cancer have more chances to have school integration difficulties with a consequent life quality degradation compared to healthy children.

The main objective of this project is to study the relation between the satisfaction of school reintegration of children in cancer remission and the evolution of life quality in the medium term (after getting back to school). More exactly, it is the question if the satisfaction of school reintegration influences life goals and priorities of these children.

The secondary objective is to study the role of psychological status of these children (anxiety, depressive symptoms) on satisfaction-life quality relation.

A group of children with cancer history sent to ordinary school is compared to a control group of children sent to school in the same conditions (sex and age matched). Data are collected with questionnaires some months to several years after school reintegration and same questionnaires 1 year later.

If the study hypothesis is confirmed, this study will show the necessity of a long term follow up of children in cancer remission and not only medical care, but also psychological and social care, in order to support a better school reintegration.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Group of children in cancer remission:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children of both sexes in cancer remission (leukemia, with or without transplant and solid tumors), aged 8 to 12
• Stop of treatment since at least 6 months
• Back to school since some months to several years
• Signed consent of parents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychic difficulties
• Specialized education

Group of control children:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed consent of parents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Children in cancer remission

Experimental group

Description:

Children in cancer remission sent to ordinary schools: primary (3rd, 4th, 5th grade) and middle (6th, 7th grade) schools.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaires

Control children

Other group

Description:

Children (not in cancer remission) sent to ordinary schools (age and sex matched): primary (3rd, 4th, 5th grade) and middle (6th, 7th grade) schools.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaires