Development and Implementation of Evidence-Based Family-Oriented Support for Young Carers and Their Families in Germany

Chronic Illness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improved Health-Related Quality of Life for Young Carers and Their Families in Germany on the Basis of Evidence-Based Family-Oriented Support

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00734942
• Other study ID #: 01GT0619
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 12, 2008
• Last updated: December 22, 2008
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2010

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: University of Witten/Herdecke
• Contact: Sabine Metzing-Blau, Dr.
• Phone: 00492302926
• Email: smetzing[@]uni-wh.de
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and implement evidence-based and family-oriented support for young carers and their families in Germany. Hypothesis is that families' own support mechanisms, combined with externally provided support that is determined by the families' specific needs, will help to overcome their burden and enable families to live in the way they wish to despite chronic illness. This will lead to a measurable increase in HRQOL of children concerned.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: March 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 8 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children of mentally ill parents (chronic illness)

• children of somatically ill parents (chronic illness)

Exclusion Criteria:

• children of drug addicted parents

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Chronic Illness

Intervention

Other:
• support service
professional partners for communication befriending with other families concerned information and education (about illness, symptoms, first aid, caring) free-time activities and time out homework assistance administrative advise support for everyday life

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Institute of Nursing Science	Witten	NRW

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Witten/Herdecke

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (3)

Metzing S, Schnepp W. [The impact of caring on young carer's lives. An international literature review (1990-2006)]. Pflege. 2007 Dec;20(6):331-6. Review. German. — View Citation

Sabine M, Schnepp W. [Children and adolescents as caregivers: who they are and what they do. An international literature review (1990-2006)]. Pflege. 2007 Dec;20(6):323-30. Review. German. — View Citation

Schlarmann JG, Metzing-Blau S, Schnepp W. The use of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents as an outcome criterion to evaluate family oriented support for young carers in Germany: an integrative review of the literature. BMC Public Health. 2008 Dec 17;8:414. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-414. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	health-related Quality of Life in children		study start and after 5 month of intervention	No

External Links

•   Website of the study