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The problem
Intervention: KIPA (Kinder-Progredienzangst), a family-based therapeutic intervention consisting of psychoeducation, anxiety confrontation, and resource activation
Who it was tested with: Families with a child undergoing acute cancer treatment or follow-up care; 29 families completed the program (6 children, predominantly parents).
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"Families were randomised to either an intervention group or a waitlist-control group receiving treatment as usual" with "questionnaires for FoP, anxiety, depression, HRQoL, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) at different time points" and "Mann-Whitney U tests for between-group comparisons". This is a randomised controlled design with comparison group, meeting experimental criteria, though the small sample and preliminary nature of findings warrant caution in interpretation.
Very small sample size with extremely low child participation (n=6 children vs predominantly parent participation); low overall participation rate (23%); high variability in retention between settings; retrospectively registered trial; findings preliminary and require large multicentre trials for confirmation
Across countries and designs
1 study · 1 country
