Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Younger Patients With Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Younger Patients With Cancer

Official Title: Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients

Study ID: NCT02725385

Conditions

Anxiety

Depression

Interventions

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Physiologic Testing

Questionnaire Administration

Study Description

Brief Summary: This research trial studies stress and coping in caregivers of younger patients with cancer. Learning how caregivers of children with cancer experience and cope with chronic stress may help to develop effective programs for reducing caregiver stress.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine how the experience of distress and use of positive emotion coping strategies by pediatric cancer caregivers differs from caregivers of children with no chronic illnesses. II. To determine how relationships between positive coping strategies and caregiver distress change during the different phases of a child's illness. III. To explore how chronic caregiver stress affects physiological reactivity to and recovery from an acute laboratory stressor. IV. To explore how different positive coping mechanisms help chronically stressed caregivers recover from acute stressors and how these efficacies change during the different phases of the child's illness. OUTLINE: PART I: Participants complete a questionnaire that measures several psychological constructs including stress, anxiety, depression, coping mechanisms, uncertainty, positive and negative emotions, and life satisfaction over 15-30 minutes. PART II: Participants undergo a Trier Social Stress Test during a laboratory session over 1.5 hours.