Clinical trial · Interventional
Technology-Based Psychosocial Empowerment Program for Home Care of Children With Cancer and Their Parents
Efficiency of the Technology-Based Psychosocial Empowerment Program for Home Care of Children With Cancer and Their Parents
- 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)
This research was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology-based psychosocial empowerment program for home care for children aged 8-18 years with cancer and their parents as a parallel-group randomized controlled study design.The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received.The study group of the study consisted of 72 children and parents (intervention group \[n=36\], control group \[n=36\]). Data were collected using the descriptive features form, the General Self-Efficacy Scale-Pediatric Cancer Version, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, the Pediatric Cancer Coping Scale, the General Self-Efficacy Scale for parents, the Problem Solving Inventory, and the Psychological Resilience Scale for Parents of Children with Cancer. The data were stored in the SPSS 25 program.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Child, Only | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Empowerment | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial program | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standart care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental group
- description
- -The experimental group that applied the technology-based psychosocial program
- interventionNames
- Other: Psychosocial program
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Control group
- description
- Control group receiving standard care
- interventionNames
- Other: Standart care
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- General Self-Efficacy Scale-Pediatric Cancer Version
- timeFrame
- Change from Baseline level 'Self Efficacy' to 2 months (change is being assessed)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 8 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * For children's: * Children between the ages of 8-18, * Those receiving cancer treatment (leukemias and solid tumors) and completing the first 2 months of the treatment process, * Children with tablets, android phones and internet access * Children whose parents and themselves agree to participate in the study, * Children who can continue the study for 4-6 weeks, * For primary care parents, * Parents who can speak Turkish, * Parents who can use computers and android mobile phones, * Parents who agreed to participate in the study, * Parents who can continue the study for 4-6 weeks, Exclusion Criteria: * Newly diagnosed children (in induction phase), * Children who are in the terminal period or who are treated for relapse, * Presence of another important disease (such as chronic disease, psychiatric diagnosis) in the family that may prevent coping, other than the child followed up with the diagnosis of cancer
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDOzdemir Koyu H, Kilicarslan E. Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Psychosocial Empowerment Program for Children With Cancer and Their Parents in Home-Based Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychooncology. 2026 Apr;35(4):e70463. doi: 10.1002/pon.70463. PMID 41968280