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The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if access to the StoMakker application will significantly improve health-related quality of life in children receiving surgery resulting in an ileostomy, colostomy or continent urostomy. The main question it aims to answer are:
Participants will be asked to fill in several questionnaires around their surgery. The intervention group of the trial will be given access to the application "StoMakker". The control group of the trial will receive standard care.
Peer support, patient education and -guidance are of crucial importance for children undergoing surgery for a stoma. Current supportive care is either lacking or via paper folders, which is not a suitable strategy for supporting this vulnerable group of children.
The main objective of this prospective trial is to investigate whether access to a peer support platform, age-dependent information provision and games using a smartphone application increases self-reported health related quality of life (HRQOL).
Study population: Children aged between 6 and 18 years old who will receive an ileostomy, colostomy or continent urostomy, are eligible for inclusion. Participants must have access to a smartphone or tablet. Children who are unable to use a smartphone due to mental or physical disabilities will be excluded from the study
Patients and their parents/caregivers are obliged to give written informed consent before they are allowed to be enrolled in the study.
The design of the study is an open-label multicenter randomized controlled trial with a follow-up of 6 months. The intervention group will get access to the app. The control group will receive standard care. Measurement is done via questionnaires, which are send at specificic intervals based on the surgery date. Parents or caregivers will also receive several questionnaires at specific intervals based on the surgery date.
The primary outcome of this study is health-related quality of life. Secondary outcomes are postoperative outcomes, knowledge retention, patient satisfaction with the received care and self-efficacy
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention | Experimental | Access to the mobile application |
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| Control group | No Intervention | Standard care, without access to the application |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| StoMakker | Device | A mobile application that offers age dependent information, a peer support platform and a game |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline in health-related quality of life of participants on the age specific 7 item PROMIS Pediatric Global Health scale (PGH-7) questionnaire at 6 months after surgery | The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Global Health scale (PGH-7) is a validated self reported instrument for assessing general health. Scores range from 5 (low health-related quality of life) to 35 (high health-related quality of life). The questionnaire has been translated to dutch and validated in the Netherlands and dutch speaking Belgium Change = 6 month score - baseline | 6 months follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline in anxiety of participants on the age specific 8 item PROMIS pediatric v2.0 Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms, the short form 8a questionnaire at 6 months follow-up | The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric item banks v2.0 Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms, the short forms 8a is a validated questionnaire. Scores range from 8 to 40 where a higher score indicates a higher level of anxiety The questionnaire has been translated to dutch and validated in the Netherlands and dutch speaking Belgium Change = 6 month score - baseline |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Academic Medical Centre | Amsterdam-Zuidoost | North Holland | 1105 AZ | Netherlands |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D015212 | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |
| D000071056 | Anorectal Malformations |
| D016135 | Spinal Dysraphism |
| ID | Term |
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| D005759 | Gastroenteritis |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
| D007410 | Intestinal Diseases |
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Open-label randomized controlled trial
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| 6 months follow-up |
| Change from baseline in social functioning of participants on the age specific PROMIS pediatric item bank peer relationships short form 8a at 6 months after surgery | The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric item banks v2.0 Peer relationships, the short forms 8a is a validated questionnaire. Scores range from 8 to 40 where a higher score indicates a higher level of social functioning The questionnaire has been translated to dutch and validated in the Netherlands and dutch speaking Belgium Change = 6 month score - baseline . Scores range from 8 (low social functioning) to 40 (high social functioning) | 6 months follow-up |
| Occurrence of any surgery related complications as specified by the clavien-dindo classification within 6 months of follow-up. | The Clavien Dindo Classification is used to rank the severity of a surgical complication. It is based on the type of therapy needed to correct the complication. The scale consists of several grades (Grade I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb and V). Grade I complications are usually mild but Grade II and higher complications are more significant. Examples include (but are not limited to): infections requiring antibiotics, blood transfusions or injury to abdominal or pelvic structures | 6 months follow up |
| D004065 | Digestive System Abnormalities |
| D000013 | Congenital Abnormalities |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| D009436 | Neural Tube Defects |
| D009421 | Nervous System Malformations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |