The Effect of Community-Provided Psychosocial Support Videos on Disease Attitudes and Symptoms

Trial Title: The Effect of Community-Provided Psychosocial Support Videos on Disease Attitudes and Symptoms

NCT ID: NCT06011278

Condition: Cancer

Study type: Interventional

Study phase: N/A

Overall status: Recruiting

Study design:

Allocation: Randomized

Intervention model: Parallel Assignment

Intervention model description: Assignment to the experimental and control groups will be made by an independent statistician to avoid bias and ensure confidentiality. Thus, selection bias will be controlled by making random assignment and hiding the randomization. In the study, participant and researcher will not be blinded. Blinding will not be possible because the researcher follows the participants and parents on a daily basis and is aware of the intervention. The data will be coded as 'A' and 'B' by the researcher and transferred to the computer. It is recommended that all stages of randomized controlled trials be conducted according to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). In this context, the study will be conducted on the basis of the CONSORT 2017 (Updated Guidelines for Reporting Randomized Parallel Group Studies) guideline during the randomization stages of this study.

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention:

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Community Supported Videos
Description: Volunteers will be asked to create a maximum of three minutes of content that will psychosocially strengthen and motivate pediatric oncology patients. In the videos, information will be given about not using words such as cancer/oncology/tumor and not including private and personal information. Videos will be created in such a way that they can be edited, merged or deleted accordingly. The applications of volunteer individuals will be made through social media (Instagram), the collection of these videos will be followed in accordance with the voluntary consent forms, and the volunteers will be informed in detail about the use of visual and verbal data. Children will be sent videos featuring different volunteers each week. The content of the videos will be controlled by the child clinical psychologist and researchers. Inappropriate videos will not be included in the research.
Arm group label: Community-supported videos

Summary: The effects of psychosocial support on the disease process have been studied with many different groups and diseases, and even the psychosocial support needed by the family of the child with a chronic disease has been the subject of research, but studies focusing directly on the needs of the child have been very limited. Although it is seen in the existing literature that studies such as art and play therapy or educational programs have been carried out to improve the attitudes of pediatric oncology patients towards their own diseases, no study has been found that investigated the effects of social/social support in pediatric oncology patients. In order to contribute to this limitation in the literature, this study aimed to examine the effects of community-provided psychosocial support videos on the attitudes and symptoms of pediatric oncology patients.

Detailed description: Cancer can affect every individual regardless of age and gender, causing individuals to experience a situation they were not used to before. People may not be able to apply the coping mechanisms they know or they may not find enough coping strength in themselves. This situation can cause individuals to experience emotions such as fear, anxiety and stress. At the beginning of the periods when the diagnosis of cancer is particularly difficult to cope with, comes the period of adolescence and adolescence, which covers the age range of 10-18, in which we plan to conduct the research. During this period, relationships with people other than parents gained importance; the interest is on peers and non-peer social relationships; It is a developmental period in which there are sudden fluctuations in emotions, especially due to physical changes, and in which he is more inclined to isolate himself from the social environment. They need external approval and encouragement in the changes that occur with their physical and mental developments. Even in healthy children, the lack of this approval and social support may result in a negative development; Pediatric oncology patients are more vulnerable due to the side effects of the disease and treatment process or the physical and psychological effects it causes. For children whose psychosocial development continues, being diagnosed with cancer causes an additional difficulty in their developmental processes. Because children have less or inadequate coping mechanisms than the average adult during this period; This may make it difficult to accept the disease due to the negative effects of diagnosis and treatment. This period, which is considered more vulnerable to trauma, makes the situation more complicated and tiring for a pediatric oncology patient compared to an adult cancer patient. For this reason, it is very important to control and manage the attitudes of patients towards their own diseases. Minimizing psychosocial problems in order to get the best benefit from the treatment process will also increase the patient's efficiency from the treatment. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the effect of the psychosocial support videos provided by the community to pediatric oncology patients aged 10-18 on the children's attitudes towards their own disease and treatment-related symptoms.

Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - In the 10-18 age group, - Newly diagnosed with cancer (maximum three months ago), - Ongoing active treatment, - Speaking in Turkish, - Having no visual, auditory, and mental problems, - Knowing the diagnosis, - Children who volunteer to participate in the research and their parents will be included. Exclusion Criteria: - The hospitalization period is less than 4 weeks, - Neutropenic children, - In the terminal period, - With intense pain expression, - Being under any sedative/anticonvulsant/analgesic effect, - Children and their parents who apply to the hospital with a life-threatening illness/condition will not be included.

Gender: All

Minimum age: 10 Years

Maximum age: 18 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Locations:

Facility:
Name: Koc University

Address:
City: Istanbul
Country: Turkey

Status: Recruiting

Contact:
Last name: Remziye Semerci, Assit. Prof.

Phone: 0 (535) 011 28 21
Email: eumac14@ku.edu.tr

Start date: February 1, 2023

Completion date: September 11, 2023

Lead sponsor:
Agency: Koç University
Agency class: Other

Source: Koç University

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06011278