Quality of life in children with cancer reported by them and their mothers
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 4
Abstract
Cancer and its diagnosis are amongst the most stressful experiences for a child and his/her family affecting their general health significantly. Approximately 75% of children diagnosed with cancer are achieving to disease-free survival using current treatments. Since these treatments are aggressive, they are capable of affecting children’s life. the recent development of standardised measures of QOL enables us to look more directly at the impact of cancer on children's QOL. The aim of this study is to describe QOL for children reported by children and their mothers after diagnosis by comparing their scores with each other. Total of 150 families, all eligible participated in this study. The children included 96 males and 54 females aged between 8 to 16 years old (mean = 10 years). Diagnoses were acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (n = 92), Lymphoma (n = 16), Sarcoma (n = 11) and other cancers (n = 31). Child and fathers completed questionnaires about child’s QOL. Though quality of life reported by child and mothers was greater than average, mothers generally report a poorer QoL for their children with cancer, this is while some of QoL domains experienced as problematic. More research is needed to better understand the variations in quality of life over time; how the quality of life perspective is influenced by different cultural, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender and age; and how problems and responsibilities related to care giving interference with daily life.
Authors and Affiliations
Fatemeh Joonbakhsh| MSc. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, email: pashaee.sona@yahoo.com, Hengameh Shirvani| MSc. Department of Nursing, Faculty of medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran., Sona Pashaee| MSc. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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