Psychosocial functioning in siblings of paediatric cancer patients one to six months after diagnosis
| Autor: | B.A Houtzager, M.A Grootenhuis, J.E.H.M Hoekstra-Weebers, H.N Caron, B.F Last |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG, Science in Healthy Ageing & healthcaRE (SHARE), Health Psychology Research (HPR), Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychosocial Care, Neonatology, CCA -Cancer Center Amsterdam, APH - Amsterdam Public Health, Paediatric Oncology, Other Research |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Cancer Research Coping (psychology) Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent prospective study design IMPACT CHILDREN FAMILY ADAPTATION ADJUSTMENT Interpersonal relationship Paediatric cancer social-emotional functioning Neoplasms Humans Medicine risk factors ANXIETY Interpersonal Relations Affective Symptoms Prospective Studies Sibling Child Prospective cohort study siblings CHILDHOOD-CANCER business.industry humanities Oncology El Niño quality of life paediatric cancer Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business Psychosocial LEUKEMIA |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer, 39(10), 1423-1432. ELSEVIER SCI LTD European journal of cancer (Oxford, England, 39(10), 1423-1432. Elsevier Limited |
| ISSN: | 1879-0852 0959-8049 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00275-2 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for psychosocial problems in siblings of paediatric cancer patients. One and 6 months after diagnosis, sibling self-reported anxiety, social-emotional problems and quality of life (QoL) were assessed, as were the predictor variables: sibling prediagnosis functioning, age and gender and the ill child's diagnosis. At 1 month, siblings reported a lower QoL and adolescent girls reported more emotional problems compared with peers. At 6 months, adolescent QoL remained relatively impaired. Over time, adolescent brothers reported fewer emotional and total problems and young girls reported decreased anxiety. No significant amelioration in QoL was found over time. The older the siblings were, the lower their observed QoL at both measurements and in several domains. The occurrence of life events predicted sisters' QoL at 1 month. Changes in sibling functioning were predicted by none of the investigated risk factors. Thus, QoL is impaired shortly after diagnosis. Adolescent siblings risk persisting problems in daily functioning. Further prospective research on other risk factors such as coping and family functioning over time is needed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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