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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.


Clinical Trial 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. ;


Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care


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NCT number NCT00922285
Study type Interventional
Source City of Hope Medical Center
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date June 2008
Completion date January 2010

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