Official Title: Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2018-06
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This research trial studies stress and coping in caregivers of younger patients with cancer Learning how caregivers of children with cancer experience and cope with chronic stress may help to develop effective programs for reducing caregiver stress
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
I To determine how the experience of distress and use of positive emotion coping strategies by pediatric cancer caregivers differs from caregivers of children with no chronic illnesses
II To determine how relationships between positive coping strategies and caregiver distress change during the different phases of a childs illness
III To explore how chronic caregiver stress affects physiological reactivity to and recovery from an acute laboratory stressor
IV To explore how different positive coping mechanisms help chronically stressed caregivers recover from acute stressors and how these efficacies change during the different phases of the childs illness
OUTLINE
PART I
Participants complete a questionnaire that measures several psychological constructs including stress anxiety depression coping mechanisms uncertainty positive and negative emotions and life satisfaction over 15-30 minutes
PART II
Participants undergo a Trier Social Stress Test during a laboratory session over 15 hours
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID
Type
Domain
Link
NCI-2014-01878
REGISTRY
None
None
CCCWFU 01413
OTHER
None
None
P30CA012197
NIH
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University