Swedish mothers and fathers of a child diagnosed with cancer A Look at Their Quality of Life
| Autor: | Per Olow Sjödén, Elisabet Mattsson, Louise von Essen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sex Factors Quality of life (healthcare) Neoplasms Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Child Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Sweden business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Cancer Hematology General Medicine medicine.disease Cancer treatment Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology Child Preschool Quality of Life Female business Off Treatment |
| Zdroj: | Acta Oncologica. 43:474-479 |
| ISSN: | 1651-226X 0284-186X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02841860410029348 |
| Popis: | Quality of life was investigated among Swedish mothers (n = 118) and fathers (n = 83) of children on (n = 57) and off (n = 68) cancer treatment. Parents completed the Göteborg Quality of Life Instrument, measuring (a) burden of 30 symptoms organized as follows: depression, tension, head, heart-lung, metabolic, musculo-skeletal, and gastrointestinal-urinary symptoms, and (b) experience of well-being with regard to 18 items organized as follows: physical, social, and mental well-being. Fathers reported higher mental well-being than mothers and more mothers than fathers reported symptoms of depression. Within the same family (n = 70), mothers reported lower mental well-being and more symptoms than fathers. Parents of children on treatment (n = 92) reported lower social and mental well-being and more symptoms of depression than parents with children off treatment (n = 101). The findings suggest that fathers experience a better quality of life than mothers and that parents of children off treatment enjoy a better quality of life than parents of children on treatment. |
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