An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study.
| Autor: | Pilan, Birsen Şentürk, Kaleli, İpek İnal, Erermiş, Serpil, Kantar, Mehmet, Ataseven, Eda, Özbaran, Burcu, Bildik, Tezan |
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CANCER treatment
STATISTICAL correlation CANCER relapse TUMORS in children INTERVIEWING MULTIPLE regression analysis ONCOLOGY DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHILDREN'S hospitals HOSPITAL care of newborn infants LONGITUDINAL method QUALITY of life RESEARCH CANCER patient psychology PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers PSYCHOLOGY of parents EVALUATION HOSPITAL wards HOSPITAL care of children HOSPITAL care of teenagers SPECIALTY hospitals ADOLESCENCE CHILDREN |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Research; Mar2024, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p66-74, 9p |
| Abstrakt: | Aim: Childhood cancers are life-threatening diseases which are universally distressing and potentially traumatic for children and their families at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and beyond. Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine child patients between the ages of 0-18 years receiving treatment in a pediatric oncology hospital for various pediatric cancers who consented to participate in this study were recruited. The participants were assessed via Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition/KSADS-PL-DSM-5 for ages 6-18 by a trained and certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. The clinical assessments of patients aged 0-5 years were completed by a trained child and adolescent psychiatrist in agreement with the DSM-5 and the standard principles of psychiatric interview for the pediatric population. The previous and current psychiatric diagnoses of the participants were recorded. The Quality-of-Life Scale for Children was administered to the participants and their caregivers at the first interview and at the 6th month of follow-up. Results: While no significant differences were observed in the quality of life of children with a novel pediatric cancer diagnosis and children with cancer recurrence/ongoing treatment per their own reports, the parents reported significant improvement in the quality of life of those children who had a novel cancer diagnosis after six months. Conclusion: The parents’ and their children’s reports were highly correlated, and this association remained significant in multiple linear regression analyses for both the initial interviews and the follow-ups. The parents’ reports on their children’s quality of life appear to be reliable in accurately predicting their children’s quality of life in the clinical setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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