Home Visit Intervention in Pediatric Palliative Care

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized controlled trial to compare the quality of life between participants who were given palliative care (a 3-month home visit) and those who were not (intervention vs control group) was conducted. Participants consisted of children with cancer aged 2-18 years old. A two-way communication between a trained health worker and participants with or without their parents were conducted as the intervention (report by proxy or self-report). Interventions were given in 6 sessions (1 session every 2 weeks) focusing on problems solving education, symptoms management, self-care, communication, decision making, and long-term care plan assistance. In the first and twelfth week of the intervention, all participants were assessed with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQLTM) questionnaire cancer module 3.0. Symptomps intensityof anorexia, sleep diturbance, and pain will be asessed in each visit. Participants were followed, Emergency Room (ER) admissions were recorded during follow up period. During the follow up period, ER admissions were recorded further.

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04067687
Study type	Interventional
Source	Indonesia University
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 1, 2019
Completion date	September 30, 2019

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