ParentsCan

Grundinformation
- Finansiär: Programmet finansieras av Cancerfonden, Vetenskapsrådet och Barncancerfonden.
Om ParentsCan
ParentsCan är ett forskningsprogram med det övergripande syftet att öka tillgången till psykologiskt stöd för föräldrar till barn som insjuknat i cancer, och därigenom förbättra föräldrarnas psykiska hälsa.
Longitudinell studie med föräldrar till barn med cancer
Vi har sedan 2004 genomfört ett stort antal studier inom programmet, bland annat en longitudinell studie i vilken 214 föräldrar, ungefär lika många mammor som pappor, till barn som insjuknat i cancer inkluderades. Föräldrarna besvarade frågor om psykologiska och ekonomiska konsekvenser av barnets sjukdom och behov av stöd vid ett antal tillfällen från barnets diagnos till fem år efter avslutad behandling respektive barnets död. Resultaten visade att en betydande andel mammor respektive pappor rapporterade oro, nedstämdhet och posttraumatisk stress samt ett behov av psykologiskt stöd under respektive efter barnets behandling. I en registerbaserad studie undersökte vi ekonomiska konsekvenser av ett barns cancersjukdom för mammor och pappor. Resultaten visade på lång sikt större ekonomiska konsekvenser för pappor än för mammor.
I en randomiserad kontrollerad studie undersökte vi om webbaserad kognitiv beteendeterapi hjälpte mammor samt pappor att uppleva mindre oro, nedstämdhet och posttraumatisk stress under barnets cancerbehandling. Resultaten visade att interventionen hjälpte men visade också svårigheter med rekrytering och fortsatt deltagande.
EJDeR – ett webbaserat självhjälpsprogram
Sedan 2014 har vi arbetat med att utveckla och testa ett webbaserat självhjälpsprogram innehållande lågintensiv kognitiv beteendeterapi, EJDeR, för mammor och pappor vars barn behandlats för cancer. Föräldrar vars barn behandlats för cancer har medverkat till detta arbete. Vi har visat att såväl mammor som pappor uppskattar programmet och finner det hjälpsamt och relevant. Vi har också testat olika procedurer att rekrytera föräldrar till interventionsstudier med Studies Within a Trial (SWAT) i samarbete med York Trials Unit, University of York.
Vi har planerat en randomiserad kontrollerad studie med en intern pilotstudie i vilken vi ska undersöka om EJDeR minskar oro och nedstämdhet. Vi kommer även att undersöka vilka kostnader som psykiska påfrestningar kan leda till för föräldrar såväl som för samhället i samband med att ett barn insjuknar i cancer. Vi planerar att starta studien 2025. Med en SWAT kommer vi undersöka effekten av olika procedurer på fortsatt deltagande i studien. Föräldrar vars barn behandlats för cancer medverkar i detta arbete och inom ramen för den randomiserade kontrollerade studien ska vi undersöka om föräldrars medverkan i studien påverkar hur studien genomförs och i så fall på vilket vis.
Projektmedlemmar
Projektledare: Professor Louise von Essen
Projektmedlemmar: Docent Joanne Woodford, professor Paul Farrand, professor David Richards, universitetslektor Filipa Sampaio, doktorand Ella Thiblin, doktorand Christina Reuther, forskningsassistent Louise Asberg Dun
Publikationer
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Ingår i Health Expectations, 2026
- DOI för Public contribution in qualitative research with parents of children treated for cancer: Description of and reflections on a collaborative data analysis approach
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Ingår i JMIR Formative Research, 2025
- DOI för Engagement With an Internet-Administered, Guided, Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Parents of Children Treated for Cancer: Analysis of Log-Data From the ENGAGE Feasibility Trial
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2025
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Ingår i BMC Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI för The acceptability and feasibility of an internet-administered, guided, low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for parents of children treated for cancer: findings from a qualitative study involving public contributors
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Ingår i Digital Health, 2024
- DOI för E-therapists' views on the acceptability and feasibility of an internet-administered, guided, low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for parents of children treated for cancer: A qualitative study
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Ingår i Research Involvement and Engagement, 2024
- DOI för Involving parents of children treated for cancer in Sweden as public contributors to inform the design and conduct of an evaluation of internet-administered self-help for parents of children treated for cancer: a protocol
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Involving parents of children treated for cancer in Sweden as public contributors to inform the design and conduct of an evaluation of internet-administered self-help for parents of children treated for cancer: a protocol
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Ingår i Cancer Medicine, s. 6225-6243, 2023
- DOI för Internet‐administered, low‐intensity cognitive behavioral therapy for parents of children treated for cancer: A feasibility trial (ENGAGE)
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Ingår i Psycho-Oncology, s. 237-246, 2023
- DOI för Concerns experienced by parents of children treated for cancer: A qualitative study to inform adaptations to an internet-administered, low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy intervention
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Ingår i BMJ Open, 2022
- DOI för Opt-out rates and reasons for non-participation in a single-arm feasibility trial (ENGAGE) of a guided internet-administered CBT-based intervention for parents of children treated for cancer: A nested cross-sectional survey
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Ingår i BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
- DOI för The effect of personalised versus non-personalised study invitations on recruitment within the ENGAGE feasibility trial: an embedded randomised controlled recruitment trial
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Ingår i JMIR Formative Research, 2021
- DOI för Conducting Digital Health Care Research: Document Analysis of Challenges Experienced During Intervention Development and Feasibility Study Setup of an Internet-Administered Intervention for Parents of Children Treated for Cancer
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Ingår i JMIR Formative Research, 2021
- DOI för Internet-Administered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Common Mental Health Difficulties in Parents of Children Treated for Cancer: Intervention Development and Description Study
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Ingår i International Journal of Cancer, s. 2535-2541, 2021
- DOI för Socioeconomic consequences of parenting a child with cancer for fathers and mothers in Sweden: A population based difference-in-difference study
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Socioeconomic consequences of parenting a child with cancer for fathers and mothers in Sweden: A population based difference-in-difference study
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Ingår i Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020
- DOI för Study within a trial (SWAT) protocol. Investigating the effect of personalised versus non-personalised study invitations on recruitment: An embedded randomised controlled recruitment trial
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Study within a trial (SWAT) protocol. Investigating the effect of personalised versus non-personalised study invitations on recruitment: An embedded randomised controlled recruitment trial
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 351-357, 2020
- DOI för Parents' needs of support following the loss of a child to cancer: a Swedish, prospective, longitudinal, multi-centre study
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Parents' needs of support following the loss of a child to cancer: a Swedish, prospective, longitudinal, multi-centre study
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Psychological distress in parents of children treated for cancer: An explorative study
Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2019
- DOI för Psychological distress in parents of children treated for cancer: An explorative study
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Psychological distress in parents of children treated for cancer: An explorative study
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 950-957, 2018
- DOI för Prevalence and predictors of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and comorbid symptoms of distress in parents of childhood cancer survivors and bereaved parents five years after end of treatment or a child's death
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Prevalence and predictors of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and comorbid symptoms of distress in parents of childhood cancer survivors and bereaved parents five years after end of treatment or a child's death
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Ingår i PeerJ, 2018
- DOI för An open trial of individualized face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for psychological distress in parents of children after end of treatment for childhood cancer including a cognitive behavioral conceptualization
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Ingår i BMJ Open, 2018
- DOI för Study protocol for a feasibility study of an internet-administered, guided, CBT-based, self-help intervention (ENGAGE) for parents of children previously treated for cancer
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Study protocol for a feasibility study of an internet-administered, guided, CBT-based, self-help intervention (ENGAGE) for parents of children previously treated for cancer
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Ingår i Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
- DOI för Attitudes and Preferences Toward a Hypothetical Trial of an Internet-Administered Psychological Intervention for Parents of Children Treated for Cancer: Web-Based Survey
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Ingår i Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 1705-1711, 2017
- DOI för Perceptions of support among Swedish parents of children after end of successful cancer treatment: A prospective, longitudinal study
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Perceptions of support among Swedish parents of children after end of successful cancer treatment: A prospective, longitudinal study
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 1698-1704, 2017
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Ingår i Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2017
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Impact of a child’s cancer disease on parents’ everyday life: A longitudinal study from Sweden
Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 93-100, 2017
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Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI för Impressions that last: Particularly negative and positive experiences reported by parents five years after the end of a child's successful cancer treatment or death
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 1152-1157, 2016
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Ingår i Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, s. 67-76, 2016
- DOI för Experiential Avoidance and Rumination in Parents of Children on Cancer Treatment: Relationships with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Symptoms of Depression
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Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI för Posttraumatic stress and attentional bias towards cancer-related stimuli in parents of children recently diagnosed with cancer
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Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI för Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer: Hyperarousal and Avoidance as Mediators of the Relationship between Re-Experiencing and Dysphoria
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer: Hyperarousal and Avoidance as Mediators of the Relationship between Re-Experiencing and Dysphoria
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Ingår i European Journal of Pain, s. 223-230, 2016
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Ingår i Psycho-Oncology, s. 1792-1798, 2015
- DOI för Does time heal all wounds? A longitudinal study of the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in parents of survivors of childhood cancer and bereaved parents
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Does time heal all wounds? A longitudinal study of the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in parents of survivors of childhood cancer and bereaved parents
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Ingår i Psycho-Oncology, s. 1152-1158, 2015
- DOI för Internet-based guided self-help for parents of children on cancer treatment: A randomized controlled trial
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Internet-based guided self-help for parents of children on cancer treatment: A randomized controlled trial
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s. 65-65, 2014
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Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2014
- DOI för Long-term positive and negative psychological late effects for parents of childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Long-term positive and negative psychological late effects for parents of childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review
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Ingår i Journal of psychosocial oncology, s. 13-29, 2013
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Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 1076-1085, 2013
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Parents' Perceptions of Their Child's Symptom Burden During and After Cancer Treatment
Ingår i Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, s. 366-375, 2013
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The factor structure of traumatic stress in parents of children with cancer: A longitudinal analysis
Ingår i Journal of Pediatric Psychology, s. 448-457, 2012
- DOI för The factor structure of traumatic stress in parents of children with cancer: A longitudinal analysis
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Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI för Objective and subjective factors as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents of children with cancer: a longitudinal study
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Ingår i European Journal of Oncology Nursing, s. 80-84, 2011
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Ingår i Journal of psychosocial oncology, s. 51-66, 2011
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Ingår i Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, s. 661-670, 2010
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Ingår i European Journal of Cancer Care, s. 350-357, 2009
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Posttraumatic stress disorder among parents of children on cancer treatment: a longitudinal study
Ingår i Psycho-Oncology, s. 430-437, 2008
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Swedish Mothers and Fathers of a Child Diagnosed with Cancer: A Look at Their Quality of Life
Ingår i Acta Oncologica, s. 474, 2004
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Ingår i European Journal of Oncology Nursing, s. 254-264, 2001
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Development of a tool to measure the life situation of parents of children with cancer
Ingår i Quality of Life Research, s. 248-256, 1997