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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Centennial College SickKids Foundation Stollery Children's Hospital Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine |
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Information provided by: | Centennial College |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00698113 |
The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.
Condition | Intervention |
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Anxiety Depression Stress Pediatric Cancers |
Procedure: Massage Other: Journaling |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Supportive Care, Randomized, Open Label, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 24 |
Study Start Date: | April 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | April 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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1: Active Comparator
This group receives the massage intervention for a period of six weeks. Children and parents are asked to journal weekly for the six week period.
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Procedure: Massage
Children will receive a 10-15 minute massage seated (clothed), or in bed (clothed or unclothed) each day using the following protocol: stroking, effleurage, petrissage, muscle squeezing, effleurage, stroking. Massaged areas can include the back, arms and legs. Parents will receive a one hour educational session with a Massage Therapist, a DVD, and written materials that all illustrate the required protocol.
Children will complete weekly journals about their feelings. These journals will either be drawn or written based on the preference of the child. Parents will complete a weekly journal outlining the number of massages given to their child, barriers that prevented massage, and their experience of giving the massage.
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2: No Intervention
The control group does not receive any massage intervention during the initial six weeks of the study. The children are asked to journal during this six week period.
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Other: Journaling
Children will complete weekly journals about their feelings. These journals will either be drawn or written based on the preference of the child. Parents will complete a weekly journal outlining the number of massages given to their child, barriers that prevented massage, and their experience of giving the massage.
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In Canadian children aged 0-19, the number of new cancer cases from 1997-2001 was on average 1,285 children per year for a total of 6,427 children over a five year period. Individual and family responses to a child's or adolescent's cancer diagnosis and treatment include psychological, sociocultural and biological dimensions. Parents of children with cancer can experience severe emotional distress including anxiety and depression. Parents require support and skills to reduce their own anxiety and distress and to help alleviate suffering in their children.
This is a two-phase research project: phase I: development of a standardized educational intervention on video/DVD to teach parents how to massage their child with cancer; phase II: test the feasibility of the developed intervention with children with cancer and their parents. A total of 24 parents and their children with cancer who are under the care of the paediatric oncology units at the Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton) will be recruited for the study.
It is hypothesized that this research on an educational program in parent-delivered massage therapy will directly improve the lives of children with cancer and their parents.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Years to 18 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed | 416-289-5000 ext 8056 | tdryden@centennialcollege.ca |
Contact: Stacey Neilson, BA (Hons), RMT | 416-289-5999 ext 8397 | sneilson@rogers.com |
Canada, Alberta | |
Stollery Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7 | |
Contact: Linda Churcher, CCRP 780-407-8790 lindachurcher@cha.ab.ca | |
Contact: Ronda Blasco 780-407-2056 Ronda.Blasco@capitalhealth.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Linda Churcher, CCRP | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Centennial College | Active, not recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M1K 5E9 |
Principal Investigator: | Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed | Applied Research Centre, Centennial College |
Principal Investigator: | Sabine Moritz, Dipl. Biol., M.Sc | Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine |
Principal Investigator: | Sunita Vohra, MD, FRCPC, M.Sc | Stollery Children's Hospital & University of Alberta |
Principal Investigator: | Dawn Davies, MD, FRCPC | Stollery Children's Hospital |
Principal Investigator: | Adrienne D Witol, Psy.D., C.Psych | Stollery Children's Hospital |
Principal Investigator: | Andrea M Laizner, RN, Ph.D | Centre de recherché Hôpital Sainte-Justine CHU Mère-Enfant & McGill University Health Centre |
Principal Investigator: | Lyse Lussier | Le Phare enfants et familles |
Principal Investigator: | Janet Kahn, LMT, Ph.D. | University of Vermont |
Principal Investigator: | Amanda Baskwill, RMT | Centennial College |
Principal Investigator: | Linda Curcher, CCRP | Stollery Children's Hospital |
Principal Investigator: | Elizabeth Barberree, RMT | Massage Therapist Association of Alberta (MTAA) |
Responsible Party: | Applied Research Centre, Centennial College ( Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed, Director ) |
Study ID Numbers: | CENT-SK-CAM07-323R, CAM 07-323R |
Study First Received: | June 12, 2008 |
Last Updated: | November 25, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00698113 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Ministry of Health & Long Term Care, Ontario; Canada: Health Canada |
anxiety depression stress cancer symptoms |
pediatric cancer massage parent delivered massage |
Depression Mental Disorders Mood Disorders |
Stress Depressive Disorder Behavioral Symptoms |