Impact of COVID‐19 on adolescent and emerging adult brain tumor survivors and their parents
| Autor: | Cynthia A. Gerhardt, Shari L. Wade, Jamie Patronick, Krestin Radonovich, Ralph Salloum, Allison P. Fisher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Parents Adolescent Social connectedness Social Networking Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cancer Survivors COVID‐19 Pandemic Humans Medicine Adverse effect Pandemics Brain Neoplasms business.industry pediatric brain tumor survivor COVID-19 Life satisfaction Survivorship: Research Article Hematology adolescent and emerging adult Mental health humanities Mental Health Mood Socioeconomic Factors Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Anxiety Female psychosocial functioning medicine.symptom business Psychosocial 030215 immunology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Blood & Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1545-5017 1545-5009 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pbc.29116 |
| Popis: | Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has prompted unprecedented challenges, contributing to greater difficulties among families of children with special health care needs, such as pediatric brain tumor survivors. We examined the impact of the pandemic on psychosocial functioning of adolescent and emerging adult survivors and their parents. We hypothesized that COVID‐19 disruptions and survivor social connectedness would be associated with survivor‐reported posttraumatic stress and family outcomes, including family functioning, parenting, and parent mental health. Procedure Fifty‐five families (44 survivors, 48 parents) were recruited via phone and email to participate in the study. Survivors were ages 13–25 (M = 19.62, SD = 3.47) and at least 5 years post diagnosis. Parents completed the COVID‐19 Exposure and Family Impact Survey (CEFIS), and survivors completed the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) COVID‐19 child self‐report form, which assessed pandemic impacts on their psychosocial functioning. Results Parents reported a mean of 7.52 (SD = 2.83) disruptions to their families’ lives. The pandemic negatively affected survivors’ life satisfaction (M diff = 0.46, t(44) = 3.96, p |
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