Puppet Interview
Illness Perceptions of Paediatric-Oncological Patients
This project is currently conducted in the acute wards and the parents‘ associations in Dresden and Leipzig. In this project, children and adolescents are interviewed on their illness perceptions regarding their cancer disease. These illness perceptions are associated with the individual course of the disease and impairments. Therefore, illness perceptions are relevant to support children in coping with their disease. An innovative methodological approach is crucial for this project: Children aged 4 to 11 years are interviewed in a puppet interview instead of answering a questionnaire. In this way important diagnostic information is received in addition to parental information.
The project is funded by the German Cancer Aid.
Publications:
Herzog, K., Schepper, F., Kamm, R., Engelhardt‐Lohrke, C., Kreisch, A., Pletschko, T., Hauer, J., Christiansen, H., Suttorp, M., Kiel, J., & Martini, J. (2022). Illness perceptions in patients and parents in paediatric oncology during acute treatment and follow‐up care. Psycho‐Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5883 (summary_German.pdf)
Schepper, F., Herzog, K., Herrmann, J., & Martini, J. (2022). Das Puppeninterview zur Erfassung subjektiver Krankheitsannahmen krebskranker Kinder. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00938-0 (summary_German.pdf)
Cooperation partners:
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Pädiatrische Hämatologie, Onkologie – Uniklinikum Dresden
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Pädiatrische Onkologie, Hämatologie und Hämostaseologie – Uniklinik Leipzig
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Universitätsklinikum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin – Medizinische Universität Wien
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Sonnenstrahl e.V. Dresden
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Elternhilfe für krebskranke Kinder e.V. Leipzig
In addition, numerous sponsors support us with vouchers, which we send to the participating families as a thank you:
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Sonnenlandpark Lichtenau - a theme park close to Chemnitz
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Zoo Leipzig
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Saurierpark Kleinwelka
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BELANTIS - Das AbenteuerReich
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Richters book store Dresden
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Büchers Best book store Dresden
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Holzkiste - toy store in Dresden and Radebeul
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Capito - toy store in Dresden
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... and many more