RATIONALE: Art therapy may help relieve emotional distress in caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying art therapy for caregivers of young patients undergoing bone marrow transplant for cancer.
OBJECTIVES: * Test the effects of an art therapy intervention on emotional distress in caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe pro-social interactions of caregivers of pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Describe the illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention. * Describe the caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning prior to pediatric patients initiation of bone marrow transplantation for cancer. * Determine the effect size for calculating the sample needed for a randomized clinical trial. OUTLINE: Caregivers undergo art therapy over 60 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. Each session comprises developing trust through the expression of support, affirmation, and collaboration; creating intimacy through attunement; exploring affective states; integrative processing through the creation of an autobiographical narrative; and identifying opportunities for continued exploration and resources that support the client, should that exploration become necessary. Caregivers also complete a Meaning of Life Questionnaire and a Family Quality of Life Scale at baseline and at the end of week 6.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
6 weekly 60 minute sessions
Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Evaluated at baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States
Emotional distress
Time frame: Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Pro-social interactions
Time frame: Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Illness experience of caregivers and how it is impacted by the art therapy intervention
Time frame: Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
Caregivers' current health-related quality of life and life meaning
Time frame: Baseline, week 1 and week 6 of art therapy
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6 weekly 60 minute sessions