Psychological Benefits of Camping in Treating Children With Cancer
| Status: | Archived |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 7/1/2011 |
Psychological Benefits of a "Normalized" Camping Experience for Children With Cancer
RATIONALE: Children with cancer who go camping with other patients may have improved quality
of life, self-esteem, and relationships with parents, family, and peers.
PURPOSE: Clinical trial to study the psychological benefits of a 1-week camping trip for
children with cancer.
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine whether quality of life, particularly sense of well being, self-esteem, and
relationships with parents, family, and peers, improves in children with cancer who
participate in an enriched, normalized camping experience.
- Determine whether professional or volunteer caregivers improve the quality of their
interrelations with this patient population after participating in an enriched,
normalized camping experience.
OUTLINE: Patients participate in a full range of age appropriate activities and undergo
observation during an enriched, normalized camping experience for 1 week. Patients and their
family members undergo psychosocial interviews and patients complete psychological
questionnaires before, during, and after the camping experience. Medical care continues to
be provided according to the plan formulated between the patient's home medical team and the
NIH-based medical team.
Quality of life is assessed.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 9,999 patients will be accrued for this study.
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