Parent Educational Discharge Support Strategies

Summary

After the initial hospitalization, parents of children newly diagnosed with cancer assume responsibility for assessing and managing their care; however, parents are often overwhelmed with information received throughout the hospitalization and are apprehensive about caring for their child at home. Parents want concise, focused information on how to care for their child after the hospital discharge. Two parent education discharge support strategies (PEDSS) were created to use at hospital discharge. PEDSS consists of a symptom management intervention and a support for the caregiver intervention. A cluster randomized control trial will assess the effectiveness and feasibility of the two different interventions.

Conditions

• Educational Activities

Interventions

OTHER

PEDSS - symptom management

All subjects will receive education regarding their specific disease and treatment in accordance with current practices. Cancer care providers describe detailed side effects of treatment to parents during the treatment consent process. In addition, all parents will receive standard discharge education before hospital discharge, which includes a list of home medications and information regarding whom to call for emergencies. The PEDSS - symptom management will be delivered prior to the initial hospital discharge. The nurse will review the symptom management worksheet verbally with the parent, then distribute the written worksheet to the parent.

OTHER

PEDSS - support for the caregiver

All subjects will receive education regarding their specific disease and treatment in accordance with current practices. Cancer care providers describe detailed side effects of treatment to parents during the treatment consent process. In addition, all parents will receive standard discharge education before hospital discharge, which includes a list of home medications and information regarding whom to call for emergencies. The PEDSS - support for the caregiver will be delivered prior to the initial hospital discharge. The nurse will review the worksheet verbally with the parent, then distribute the written worksheet to the parent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Health System of Texas Children's Medical Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cohen Children's Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Levine Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Maine Children's Cancer Program at Maine Medical Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Nationwide Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Louis Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Peter's University Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Wisconsin Health American Children's Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• West Virginia Univeristy Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Nicklaus Children's Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD · Duke University

• Megan Arthur, BS · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-12-29

Primary Completion

2020-06-29

Completion

2020-06-29

Countries

• United States
• Saudi Arabia

Study Locations