Evaluation of the Impact of a Family-Centered Empowerment Program on Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Level, and Care Skills in Parents of Children With Oncological Problems

Evaluating The Effectiveness of A Family-Centered Empowerment Program Applied to Parents of Children With Oncological Problems

This study aims to develop a web-based education program based on family centered empowerment model for parents of children with oncological problems and to evaluate the effect of the program on parents' self-efficacy, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress level and care abilities.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pediatric Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Web-Based Education Based on Family-Centered Empowerment Model

Detailed Description

Cancer, one of the most important health problems of today, affects children as well as adults and the number of children diagnosed with cancer is increasing all over the world. Cancer management is generally a more complex process than other diseases and requires the caregiver family to have knowledge and skills. Because; Parents, who are the most important persons to contribute to the care of children with oncological problems, need to be supported and strengthened not only in the hospital but also in the home environment in order to manage and solve the problems and cope with this situation. One of the methods used in the empowerment of caregivers; is the family-centered empowerment model (FCEM). Model; It consists of four stages: increasing knowledge, self-efficacy and self-esteem, and evaluation. The purpose of this model; to protect the health of the family and their children, to manage the disease and symptoms, to reduce the incidence of acute attacks, to improve the quality of care by improving the quality of life of children and their parents. Because of technological advancements and growth in the number of internet users, web-based education (WBE) has become one of the most popular ways patient and family education. There is research in the literature that illustrates the benefits of web-based treatments in family strengthening.The web-based training content will be prepared based on the Family-Centered Empowerment Model. For ten weeks, parents will receive a web-based training based on the family-centered empowerment model. For the control group, routine patient education and routine hospital follow-ups will be performed by their nurses during the ten weeks follow-up period. The study's sample size; A priori power analysis was used to determine the minimum sample size. The sample size for the intervention and control groups was 38 parents, and the double-sided hypothesis was calculated as n1=n2, the effect size of 0.659, with 5% Type I error and 80% power. Research data; It was collected using the Parent and Child Information Form, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, and the Care Ability Scale of Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients. A statistical package program will be used in the analysis of the data. The conformity of the mean scores of the scale to the normal distribution will be evaluated with the coefficients of kurtosis and skewness, and the means will be compared with parametric or nonparametric test techniques. The similarity of the groups in terms of demographic and clinical characteristics will be evaluated with the relevant tests. Cohen's d effect size will be calculated to express the size of the difference between the means.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 76
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ciftlikkoy
    • Mersin, Ciftlikkoy, Turkey, 33343
      • Mersin University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a parent (mother or father) of a child with a hematology/oncological diagnosis
• At least 1 months have passed since the child was diagnosed
• Being a parent of a child undergoing chemotherapy
• Parent who were literate
• Parents who has Internet at home
• Parents who has computer or mobile phone
• Parents who no barriers to written or verbal communication
• Parents who agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who do not agree to participate in the study,
• Internet not access in the home environment,

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group (Web-based family-centered empowerment program intervention); Intervention group participants will receive the web-based family-centered empowerment intervention for 10 weeks.	Behavioral: Web-Based Education Based on Family-Centered Empowerment Model; Parents in the intervention group will receive care for ten weeks using the family-centered empowerment model (FCEM). The first step (two weeks) is to increase knowledge. For this purpose, they will receive web-based training on cancer. The second step (four weeks) is to develop parents' self-efficacy and problem-solving skills. A web-based training and group meeting will be held to share information and experiences on the evaluation and control of the side effects of the treatment and to increase their self-efficacy in care. The third step (three week) was to increase self-esteem through participation in the training. At this stage, each participant will be asked to teach one of the family members responsible for the child's care what they have learned in the last two sessions. In the fourth step (one week), all participants in the intervention group will be evaluated by asking questions about the topics discussed in the second and third sessions and the overall content taught.
No Intervention: Control Group; No intervention was applied to the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Caring Ability Of Family Caregivers Of Patients With Cancer Scale	It was developed by Nemati et al in 2020 to evaluate the care skills of caregivers involved in the care process of cancer patients and the effectiveness of empowerment interventions according to their care needs. Scale; It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 31 items, five sub-dimensions, and scored between 31 and 155. As the scale score increases, the care ability score also increases. The total scale Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient obtained from the validity and reliability study of the scale is 0.934. The validity and reliability study of the scale in Turkey was carried out by the researcher.	8 weeks
General Self-Efficacy Scale	Schwarzer and Jerusalem established the General Self-Efficacy Scale in Germany in 1981. The scale's Cronbach alpha coefficient, which was adapted into Turkish in our country by Aypay (2010), was determined to be.83. The scale, which is used with people aged 12 and up, is a four-point Likert-type scale with ten items that contain statements about how well the person believes himself/herself to deal with problems in general. The score range of the scale theoretically spans between 10 and 40. If the individual achieves a high score on the scale, it suggests that his/her self-efficacy is high.	8 weeks
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	It was developed by Morris Rosenberg in 1963 to assess self-esteem. The scale is used in adolescents, adults, and late adult individuals. In the validity and reliability study conducted by Çuhadaroğlu in Turkey in 1986, the validity coefficient was determined as 0.71. The first ten items form the self-esteem subscale and are used to evaluate self-esteem. On the scale, 0-1 points were scored as high self-esteem, 2-4 points as medium self-esteem, and 5-6 points as low self-esteem. A low score in scale scoring means high self-esteem; A high score indicates low self-esteem.	8 weeks
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale	It is used to determine the depression, anxiety and stress levels of parents. Developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995), the first version consists of a total of 42 items. Afterwards, Henry and Crawford (2005) converted the scale into a 21-item short form. The Turkish adaptation study of the scale was conducted by Yılmaz et al. (2017) made by The scale consists of 21 items and three sub-dimensions. There are 7 questions each to measure the dimensions of depression, stress and anxiety. Each item in the scale has a 4-point scoring system that corresponds to 0, 1, 2 or 3 points according to the severity of the symptom. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 21 points can be obtained in each dimension. High scores obtained from the sub-dimensions mean that the individual has intense feelings for the relevant sub-dimension. Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficients for depression, anxiety and stress sub-dimensions are .80, .81 and .75, respectively.	8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mersin University
• Investigators: Study Director: Rana Yiğit, Professor, Mersin University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 20, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 6, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 13, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 9, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cancer; Children; Web-Based Education; Family-Centered Empowerment Model; Care Ability
• Other Study ID Numbers: DAU_01

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No