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A pediatric cancer-specific, clinic based, six-module interdisciplinary uncertainty intervention. Modules one through three target uncertainty prevention. Modules four through six target uncertainty responses for situations in which uncertainty cannot be prevented or avoided.

Sessions in this condition aim to provide education on cancer etiology, medical treatments, side effects, potential short- and long-term effects of treatment and resources that are often helpful to parents of children with cancer. Information presented will be based upon, "Young People with Cancer: A Handbook for Parents", a parent resource developed by the National Cancer Institute. Parents will also be provided with relevant educational brochures from COG. Each session will also include a structured set of questions that will facilitate discussion. All ESO interventionists will be trained in non-directive approaches including reflective listening. Content provided in the ESO sessions will offer valuable information to parents without providing the specific skills of the IMPACT.

• The intervention is 6 sessions lasting approximately 45 minutes reviewing ways to help prevent and respond to illness uncertainty. Sessions occur weekly at already scheduled clinic appointments. Interventions will be delivered by a trained interventionist.

IMPACT

This control is 6 sessions lasting approximately 45 minutes providing education on cancer etiology, medical treatments, side effects, potential short- and long-term effects of treatment and resources that are often helpful to parents of children with cancer. Sessions occur weekly at already scheduled clinic appointments. Interventions will be delivered by a trained interventionist.

Ahna LH Pai, PhD

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a clinic-based intervention designed to reduce illness uncertainty for parents of children who have been recently diagnosed with cancer.

The proposed trial will test the efficacy of the parent-focused clinic-based Parent Uncertainty Management Intervention (PUMI) to improve the outcomes of children newly diagnosed with cancer and their parents. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive equivalent doses of either the PUMI or an Education/Support (ESO) group. Theoretically driven by Mishel's model of illness uncertainty, the PUMI will teach parents about uncertainty prevention and management through the use of medically-specific communication, information management, and problem-solving skills via in-clinic sessions and an online portal. Parents and children will complete measures online at baseline, 1-week, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups.

Illness Management and Parental Adjustment to Cancer Treatment

A Clinic-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention for Parents of Children With Cancer

Due to the sensitive nature of the measures that provided information on the participants psychologically symptoms the final dataset will be stripped of identifiers prior to any release for sharing, we believe that there remains the possibility of deductive disclosure of subjects with unusual characteristics due the relatively rare pediatric oncological diagnoses of the children in the study. Thus, we will make the data and associated documentation available to users only under a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using the highest standards of practice; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed.

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for parental uncertainty management intervention