School Attendance among Children with Cancer

Autor:	Shirley B. Lansky, William Zwartjes, Nancy U. Cairns
Rok vydání:	1983
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry education Cancer medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Oncology Social skills medicine Absenteeism business School attendance Applied Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 1:75-82
ISSN:	1540-7586 0734-7332
DOI:	10.1300/j077v01n02_05
Popis:	Although academic progress and acquisition of social skills are impeded by poor school attendance, the problem of absenteeism among children with cancer continues to be unrecognized by many medical caregivers and educators. In a study on absenteeism among pediatric patients, school attendance records were collected on 239 children treated for cancer at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Denver Children's Hospital. Whenever possible, records were obtained for five consecutive years: from one year before diagnosis until three years after diagnosis. Although patients from both centers had a high rate of absenteeism throughout the five-year period, they missed the most days during the year of diagnosis (mean, 43 days). However, even three years after diagnosis, the children missed significantly more school than did other children in the two states.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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