The purpose of this study is to help mothers of children with cancer to cope more effectively by increasing their problem-solving skills.
The purpose of this study is: 1. to develop a time-and-attention control condition to better assess the direct and mediational effect of PSST independent of social support (placebo); 2. to develop a personal digital assistant hand-held supplement to standard PSST to provide real-time training, reinforcement, and on-the-spot documentation of PSST usage; 3. to develop independent measures of the application of problem-solving strategies in everyday life; and 4. to measure utilization of and satisfaction with other resources accessed by mothers as independent indicators of the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of PSST.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
433
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
UT/MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of problem-solving training provided to mothers of children with newly diagnosed cancer in decreasing negative affectivity
e.g. depression, anxiety, and increasing satisfaction with resource utilization
Standardized measures at three time points: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3 months post the second time point
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