Clinical trial · Interventional
The PIFBO-study: Person-centred Information to Parents in Paediatric Oncology
The PIFBO-study: Person-centred Information to Parents in Paediatric Oncology - A Randomized Controlled Trial Based Upon a Conceptual Framework for Patient Education
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this project is to evaluate a person-centred informational intervention aimed at parents of children with cancer. The following hypotheses will be tested: an informational intervention emanating from the parents' self-identified needs is associated to decreased illness-related parenting stress, decreased post-traumatic stress symptoms, increased received knowledge, decreased anxiety, decreased depression, increased satisfaction with information, and decreased number of health care contacts in parents.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Representational approach | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Representational approach
- description
- Four sessions with a nurse. For each session, the parent identifies an area where he/she needs more information. The nurse and the parent jointly survey the parent's knowledge of the area and discusses consequences of knowledge gaps or misunderstandings. Then, new information is introduced and benefits from the new information is discussed.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Representational approach
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Standard care as per ward protocol.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pediatric Inventory for Parents (compare the mean scoring)
- timeFrame
- baseline up to one year post intervention
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Being a parent of a child that 1. is diagnosed with a first time occurrence of a malignancy that is curatively treated and 2. was diagnosed two months ago. Further parents must be 3. able to talk, read and write Swedish enough to be able to participate without an interpreter. Exclusion Criteria: * None specific.
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDRingner A, Karlsson S, Hallgren Graneheim U. A person-centred intervention for providing information to parents of children with cancer. Experiences and effects. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2015 Jun;19(3):318-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.10.012. Epub 2014 Nov 4. PMID 25466827
- DERIVEDRingner A, Bjork M, Olsson C. What Was on the Parents' Minds? Changes Over Time in Topics of Person-Centred Information for Mothers and Fathers of Children with Cancer. Compr Child Adolesc Nurs. 2023 Jun;46(2):114-125. doi: 10.1080/24694193.2023.2168790. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID 36811905
- DERIVEDRingner A, Bjork M, Olsson C. Effects of Person-Centered Information for Parents of Children With Cancer (the PIFBO Study): A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Nurs. 2023 Nov-Dec;40(6):400-410. doi: 10.1177/27527530221115860. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID 36731493
- DERIVEDRingner A, Bjork M, Olsson C, Graneheim UH. Person-centred information to parents in paediatric oncology (the PIFBO study): A study protocol of an ongoing RCT. BMC Nurs. 2015 Dec 21;14:69. doi: 10.1186/s12912-015-0120-8. eCollection 2015. PMID 26770070