NCT05457153

Technology-Based Well-Being Process Program (WEBEPROP) for Children and Adolescents in Palliative Care

Intervention Protocol: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Technology-Based Well-Being Process Program (WEBEPROP) for Children and Adolescents in Palliative Care: A Randomized Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objective: The research was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of the 8-week technology-based Well-Being Process program for children and adolescents in the palliative care period. Methods: This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study. The research will be carried out with children aged 12-20 years with a diagnosis of cancer, in the pediatric oncology and hematology clinics of two hospitals in Turkey. Data collection will consist of the children and adolescent's and parents' descriptive characteristic form Adolescent Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Beck Anxiety Scale, Pediatric Cancer Coping Scale and Technology-Based Spiritual Care Program Process Evaluation Forms. The program will be implemented for the intervention group. In the 8-week program; a) 4 web-based modules, b) 8 online individual interviews after each module (8 total interviews with each child) c) simultaneous mobile messages with the modules, and d) 24/7 counseling. Animation videos, breathing and progressive relaxation exercises, and imagination methods will be included in the modules. This research is based on the "Watson Model of Human Care".

Detailed description

Hypothesis: H1: There is a significant difference between the spiritual well being score averages of children and adolescents who have been administered and have not been administered WEBEPROP. H2: There is a significant difference between the anxiety scores of children and adolescents who have been administered and have not been administered WEBEPROP. H3: There is a significant difference between the coping scores of children and adolescents who have been administered and have not been administered WEBEPROP.

Conditions

• Childhood Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Well-Being Process Program (WEBEPROP)	Technology-Based Well-Being Process Program (WEBEPROP)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-02-28
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2022-07-13
• Last updated: 2022-07-13