Development and Validation of Family Adjustment Inventory

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

FAI-O: Administration of Family Adjustment Inventory in the version "Only-child"

FAI-S: Administration of Family Adjustment Inventory in the version "Sibling"

Personal Data Questionnaire: This form requires informations about child, respondent and partner (if any), and evaluates the presence of any distressful event happened during the last year

Study summary

A diagnosis of chronic disease in childhood may be disruptive for families. Some parents show good adjustment, while others may have more difficulties.

Aim of this study is to develop and validate a new psychometric instrument to help precociously detect parents' vulnerability in the process of adjustment to their child's chronic disease at different times of care.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Perceived family adjustment — Parents fill in the FAI one single time at enrollment
  FAI (Family Adjustment Inventory) measures family adjustment. The preliminary versions of FAI-O consists in182 items and FAI-S in197 items, both scored on a 5-point likert scale from 0 to 4. Higher scores represent poorer adjustment.

Trial sites (1)

More Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS trials in Italy