NCT00922285

Art Therapy for Caregivers of Young Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant for Cancer

Art Therapy Interventions With Caregivers Supporting Pediatric Patients Who Are Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation for Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Art therapy may help relieve emotional distress in caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying art therapy for caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Test the effects of an art therapy intervention on emotional distress in caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe pro-social interactions of caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe the illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention. * Describe the caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning prior to pediatric patients initiation of bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Determine the effect size for calculating the sample needed for a randomized clinical trial. OUTLINE: Caregivers undergo art therapy over 60 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. Each session comprises developing trust through the expression of support, affirmation, and collaboration; creating intimacy through attunement; exploring affective states; integrative processing through the creation of an autobiographical narrative; and identifying opportunities for continued exploration and resources that support the client, should that exploration become necessary. Caregivers also complete a Meaning of Life Questionnaire and a Family Quality of Life Scale at baseline and at the end of week 6.

Conditions

• Health Status Unknown
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	psychosocial support for caregiver	6 weekly 60 minute sessions
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment	Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
PROCEDURE	stress management therapy	6 weekly 60 minute sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-01-01
• Completion: 2010-01-01
• First posted: 2009-06-17
• Last updated: 2015-06-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States