Clinical Trial: Quality of Friendships in Children With Neurofibromatosis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Quality of Friendships in Children With Neurofibromatosis: Relationship to Disease Severity
Brief Summary:
The aim of this study is to determine if children with a higher disease severity have lower quality friendships than children who are less severely affected and children who are unaffected. Researchers will test the hypothesis that the quality of friendships is inversely related to their disease severity.
Specific Aims:
- To use the FQQ to determine if the quality of friendships in children with NF1 is lower than the quality of friendships in unaffected children.
- To use a disease severity scale and the FQQ to determine if children who are less severely affected have higher friendship qualities than children who are more severely affected.
Detailed Summary:
You (your) child will be asked to complete a short questionnaire (40 questions) about their relationship with their best friend. Doctors will review your (child's) medical chart to find out how severe the disease is, so that this may be compared to the answers you have (your child has) given on the friendship questionnaire.
This is an Investigational Study. About 90-100 children and adolescents with NF-1 will be asked to take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M.D. Anderson.
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Current Primary Outcome: Disease severity scale and Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ) [ Time Frame: Questionnaire completion by patient and chart review by doctor for disease severity scoring. ]
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Information By: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dates:
Date Received: July 26, 2007
Date Started: December 2004
Date Completion:
Last Updated: July 31, 2012
Last Verified: July 2012
