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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"children with cancer"”.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Cancer
… of life is an important phenomenon to measure in children undergoing treatment for cancer. However, the effects of different treatment modalities and cancer related factors over the duration of treatment have not been explored. To assess the effects of different child-, cancer-, and …
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Activism as a coping strategy among parents of children with cancer
<p>Childhood cancer is a lifelong, whole-family diagnosis. The coping strategies employed by parents of children with cancer have implications for the family system both during and after their diagnosed child’s treatment. The current study found that activism, or actions taken on behalf of the …
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Capturing the emotional geographies of school personnel working with children with cancer
… and uncertainty is when a student is diagnosed with cancer (Leigh & Miles, 2002). The present study explored the emotional experience of school personnel (teachers, school nurses, guidance counselors, and other related school staff) working with children with cancer during the school re-entry …
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Services for children with cancer : the views of parents, professionals and relevant charities
… in the service provision for families with children who have cancer. An innovative approach was adopted, as opposed to a conventional thesis structure, in which the literature in this study was used both as a means of informing the research rationale and design as well as being a data …
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Exploring the Experience of Benefit Finding in Parents of Children with Cancer: A Grounded Theory Study
The diagnosis of cancer in a child is one of the most significant stressors a parent can experience, and research in the area of stress-related effects of illness on parents has emerged in many areas. The majority of studies have focused on the potential or actual negative impact on parents during …
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Family experiences and viewpoints of palliative and supportive care for children with cancer: Can we do better?
… The palliative and supportive care needs of children with cancer and their families are unique and require special attention. Children and their families in Africa facing lifethreatening/ life-limiting diseases have unique needs and have the right to achieve effective and evidence-based care. …
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A COMPARISON OF STRESS AND COPING FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES
… of stressors of everyday life and disease that children with cancer in the UK and the US experience, (b) explore and compare the coping measures they use to manage these stressors, and (c) examine the use of drawing to enhance communication. Participants included 22 children ages 7-18 years, …
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Art with Heart's Chill & Spill Journal: A Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Approach to Art Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in Adolescent Siblings of Children with Cancer
… in treatment methods and supportive care, cancer remains the leading cause of death from disease in children younger than fifteen years old. Childhood cancer affects all family members involved. For the siblings, it is likely that the diagnosis of childhood cancer will result in the …
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Stepping up, stepping back, being pushed, and stepping away : the process of making treatment decisions for children with cancer by parents who no longer live together
… of treatment decision making for parents of children with cancer who no longer lived together. Fifteen biological parents and stepparents of eight children with cancer who had made a major treatment decision in the past were interviewed. Using grounded theory techniques, the process of …
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Mothers' adaptation to childhood cancer: an analysis of family process stressors, family system resources, parental coping patterns, and parental adaptation among mothers of children with cancer
… were assessed for 58 mothers who had a child with cancer who was being seen at selected pediatric hematology-oncology centers in two Southeastern states. The respondents completed a self-report questionnaire containing the Coping and Health Inventory for Parents, five subscales from the Family …
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A Survey Measuring the Impact of a Silk-Screen Printing Art Therapy Session on Psychological Aspects in Mothers of Children with Cancer: A Pilot Study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
… aspects in Saudi family caregivers of children with cancer. The sample population was mothers (<em>n </em>= 30) from different regions of Saudi Arabia. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during a single art therapy session and was assessed by a …
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Posttraumatic stress symptoms in young people with cancer and their siblings
Background: Children with cancer and their families are frequently confronted with physical and psychosocial late effects resulting from cancer. In recent years, this has been expanded to include posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). However, to date very little research has been completed in the …
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Parenting a Chronically Ill Child: Social Support, Coping, Family Hardiness, and Maternal Stress
<p>Parents of children with cancer experience higher stress than parents of children with other medical conditions or with no developmental concerns (Canam, 1993; Cohen, 1999). Researchers are beginning to explore a number of protective factors that may influence parental stress in parents of …
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Thoughts, feelings, and actions: a retrospective study of the coping efforts of pediatric cancer patients in the context of the home, institution, and community
… examination of the experiences of pediatric cancer patients and their families from a contextual perspective. The home, institution, and community contexts were investigated to reveal their influences on the coping efforts of the study participants. Ten families of children with cancer were …
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Parenting a child with cancer: positive psychology and coping
… literature relating to coping of parents of children with cancer is reviewed. Twelve studies were included in the review and from these studies, the coping strategies that parents rated as most useful or most frequently used were synthesised into a bi-dimensional taxonomy of coping. Due to …
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Measuring Quality Of Life In Pediatric Cancer Patients: The Relationships Among Parental Depression, Anxiety, Stress, And Concor
… of the physiological aspects of childhood cancer have resulted in a greater need to conceptualize the disease psychologically as a chronic illness that causes significant stress and requires ongoing adjustment. This study investigates the relationships among parental characteristics, child …
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Parental Factors Impacting Neurobehavioral Late Effects in Latino Pediatric Cancer Survivors
While the survival rate for children with cancer has increased markedly over the past 50 years, the side effects resulting from cancer and cancer treatment have become a major concern for health care providers and families alike. Survivors of childhood cancers are at risk for late occurring …
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Survivor guilt and posttraumatic stress among young adult survivors of childhood cancer
<p>Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for a variety of adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in a small, but notable, minority of childhood cancer survivors. Little is known about modifiable factors that may increase the risk of developing PTSD …
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Psychosocial Factors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Cancer
Children with cancer are at risk for poorer health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Prior work indicates that HRQOL may change throughout cancer treatment, and some evidence indicates that psychosocial factors affect overall HRQOL. Additional research is needed to examine the trajectory of …
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