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A Psychological Intervention for Families in Pediatric Palliative Care — SOFUS  

Distress, Emotional Clinical Trial

Official title:
The SOFUS Psychological Intervention for Families With Children in Pediatric Palliative Care - a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Summary

Families of children receiving pediatric palliative care report unmet needs that require support. The objective of this pilot study is to develop and evaluate a psychological intervention (SOFUS) that targets the whole family (i.e. parents, the ill child and siblings) before and after bereavement. The aim of the intervention is to improve coping skills and reduce symptoms of complicated grief, depression, anxiety and sleep disorders in families. Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention manual and study materials will be evaluated, and the preliminary efficacy of the intervention will be assessed.

Clinical Trial Description

Having a child in palliative care is a traumatic experience and families of children receiving pediatric palliative care report unmet needs that require support. Parents who experience the death of a child often experience severe grief reactions, which may develop into long-term impaired functioning or psychiatric illness, with a detrimental impact on the whole family. Furthermore, parents and siblings of a child in palliative care may already prior to death experience grief and loss. This indicates the need for a family-based intervention that can support the family before and after the death of a child. SOFUS is a psychological intervention for families of children receiving pediatric palliative care team. The preliminary/pilot program has been manualized and consists of a pre-loss program (Program 1) and a post-loss program (Program 2) consisting of six sessions each designed for the whole family. Sessions 1 and 6 includes the whole family, sessions 2 and 3 focus on the parents, while sessions 4 and 5 target the children (with parents if the child is under 10 years old). The six sessions range from 1 to 1.5 hours in length and are to be delivered over a 3 month period. The intervention will be carried out by trained psychologists. Feasibility and fidelity will assessed by evaluation forms filled out by the therapist after each session. At the end of the intervention, semi-structured interviews will be carried out with each family to evaluate the components of the intervention, participant materials and assess acceptability. A semi-structured interview will also be carried out with the psychologists to evaluate the components of the intervention, the intervention manual and to assess therapist acceptability of the intervention. This pilot study will also include questionnaires for the parents assessing the outcomes of coping, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, family functioning and family caregiving burden at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. Age-adapted questionnaires will be given to the children to assess a subset of the outcomes. ;

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT04883151
Study type Interventional
Source Danish Cancer Society
Contact Beverley Lim Høeg, PhD
Phone 35257299
Email bevlim@cancer.dk
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 2, 2021
Completion date May 2023
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