Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer
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Trial Identification
Brief Title: Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer
Official Title: Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer
Study ID: NCT00698113
Study Description
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.
Detailed Description: In Canadian children aged 0-19, the number of new cancer cases from 1997-2001 was on average 1,285 children per year for a total of 6,427 children over a five year period. Individual and family responses to a child's or adolescent's cancer diagnosis and treatment include psychological, sociocultural and biological dimensions. Parents of children with cancer can experience severe emotional distress including anxiety and depression. Parents require support and skills to reduce their own anxiety and distress and to help alleviate suffering in their children. This is a two-phase research project: phase I: development of a standardized educational intervention on video/DVD to teach parents how to massage their child with cancer; phase II: test the feasibility of the developed intervention with children with cancer and their parents. A total of 24 parents and their children with cancer who are under the care of the paediatric oncology units at the Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton) will be recruited for the study. It is hypothesized that this research on an educational program in parent-delivered massage therapy will directly improve the lives of children with cancer and their parents.
Eligibility
Minimum Age: 6 Years
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Locations
Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Contact Details
Name: Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed
Affiliation: Applied Research Centre, Centennial College
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Sabine Moritz, Dipl. Biol., M.Sc
Affiliation: Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Sunita Vohra, MD, FRCPC, M.Sc
Affiliation: Stollery Children's Hospital & University of Alberta
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Dawn Davies, MD, FRCPC
Affiliation: Stollery Children's Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Adrienne D Witol, Psy.D., C.Psych
Affiliation: Stollery Children's Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Andrea M Laizner, RN, Ph.D
Affiliation: Centre de recherché Hôpital Sainte-Justine CHU Mère-Enfant & McGill University Health Centre
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Lyse Lussier
Affiliation: Le Phare enfants et familles
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Janet Kahn, LMT, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Amanda Baskwill, RMT
Affiliation: Centennial College
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Linda Curcher, CCRP
Affiliation: Stollery Children's Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Elizabeth Barberree, RMT
Affiliation: Massage Therapist Association of Alberta (MTAA)
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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