Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of Using a Storybook, to Explain Leukemia to Children Versus the Standard Child Life Intervention, on Parental Stress.
Effects of a Storybook About New Leukemia Diagnosis Versus Standard Child Life Intervention on Parental Stress: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Study
- 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 goal of this clinical trial is to measure the effects of using a storybook versus standard child life intervention with parents of children newly diagnosed with leukemia on parental stress. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What effect will the storybook have on parent/legal guardian stress at three timepoints: baseline, discharge, and follow up? * Will this storybook impact parent/legal guardian comfort levels and improve their child's understanding? Participants will be asked to complete surveys at three timepoints, prior to and following child life intervention and about 3.5 months later. During child life interventions, participants will receive resources and support to explain leukemia to their school aged, 3-16-year-old, child (patient or sibling). Researchers will compare Intervention and Control Groups to see if parental stress is lower in those who received the storybook in addition to the standard child life intervention versus the standard child life intervention alone.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Who is Luke Eemia?" Storybook | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Parents in this group will receive the standard child life interventional support for explaining the leukemia diagnosis to the school-aged patient/sibling. Parents in this study will complete surveys at three timepoints, these surveys include: (1) Comfort Survey (prior to child life intervention), (2) Discharge Survey (about 1 week following the child life intervention), and the (3) Parenting Stress Index-4-Short Form (at baseline, at the time of the discharge survey, and about 3.5 months later).
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention (Storybook) Group
- description
- Parents in this group will receive the "Who is Luke Eemia?" storybook, and will receive guidance from the child life specialist on how to utilize the storybook with their school-aged child. Parents in this study will complete surveys at three timepoints, these surveys include: (1) Comfort Survey (prior to child life intervention), (2) Discharge Survey and (3) Storybook Assessment survey to review the parent's impression of the storybook intervention tool (about 1 week following the child life intervention), and the (4) Parenting Stress Index -4-Short Form (at baseline, at the time of the discharge survey, and about 3.5 months later).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: "Who is Luke Eemia?" Storybook
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 3 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Parents are approached and enrolled on the inpatient Hematology Oncology unit at CHLA, during the admission where their child received a new leukemia diagnosis. Inclusion Criteria: * Parent/Legal Guardian of a child a. who is school-aged (3-16 years old) with a new leukemia diagnosis b. with a new leukemia diagnosis who is not school-aged but is a sibling of a school-aged child (\<3 years or \>16 years old). * Parent/legal guardian is able to speak, read, and write English or Spanish, and give informed consent 3. Parent/legal guardian is over 18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: * Their school-aged children have developmental or cognitive delays, and/or other chronic illnesses. * Their school-aged child does not give assent to participate.
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