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Health-related quality of life in parents of pediatric brain tumor survivors at the end of tumor-directed therapy

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study examines theoretical covariates of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in parents of pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS) following completion of tumor-directed therapy. METHODS: Fifty PBTS (ages 6-16) completed measures of neurocognitive functioning and their parents completed measures of family, survivor, and parent functioning. RESULTS: Caregiving demand, caregiver competence, and coping/supportive factors were associated with parental physical and psychosocial HRQL, when controlling for significant background and child characteristics. CONCLUSION: Study findings can inform interventions to strengthen caregiver competence and family functioning following the completion of treatment, which may improve both parent and survivor outcomes.

Source: Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2016.1175535

Authors: Lauren F. Quast, Elise M. Turner, Mark D. McCurdy, Matthew C. Hocking

Institutions: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Subfield: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Cancer Institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development