Psychological Interventions in Siblings of Children With Cancer

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief psychological intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00296907

PIGO-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a two-session brief psychological intervention in siblings of pediatric cancer patients with regard to behavior problems and depression.

Full description

Within a randomized controlled design the effects of a brief two-session psychological intervention (child, parents) shall be studied in 30 siblings of newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients. After a baseline assessment 3-4 weeks after diagnosis participants are randomly assigned to an intervention or waiting list group. Both are re-assessed at 3 and 6 months by means of standardized questionnaires assessing psychological adaptation and behavior. The intervention is provided to the waiting list group after the 6-month assessment.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

brother or sister with newly diagnosed cancer treated at the University Children's Hospital command of the German language normal developmental level

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Psychological Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

2-session psychological intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief psychological intervention