An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study
Aim: Childhood cancers are life-threatening diseases which are universally distressing and potentially traumatic for children and their families at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and beyond. Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine child patients between the ages of 0-18 years receiving treatmen...
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| description | Aim: Childhood cancers are life-threatening diseases which are universally distressing and potentially traumatic for children and their families at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and beyond. Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine child patients between the ages of 0-18 years receiving treatment in a pediatric oncology hospital for various pediatric cancers who consented to participate in this study were recruited. The participants were assessed via Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition/K-SADS-PL-DSM-5 for ages 6-18 by a trained and certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. The clinical assessments of patients aged 0-5 years were completed by a trained child and adolescent psychiatrist in agreement with the DSM-5 and the standard principles of psychiatric interview for the pediatric population. The previous and current psychiatric diagnoses of the participants were recorded. The Quality-of-Life Scale for Children was administered to the participants and their caregivers at the first interview and at the 6th month of follow-up. Results: While no significant differences were observed in the quality of life of children with a novel pediatric cancer diagnosis and children with cancer recurrence/ongoing treatment per their own reports, the parents reported significant improvement in the quality of life of those children who had a novel cancer diagnosis after six months. Conclusion: The parents’ and their children’s reports were highly correlated, and this association remained significant in multiple linear regression analyses for both the initial interviews and the follow-ups. The parents’ reports on their children’s quality of life appear to be reliable in accurately predicting their children’s quality of life in the clinical setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de6e1cf099024afd973b18cd60b4de2b2024-03-25T11:35:22ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Pediatric Research2147-94452587-24782024-03-01111667410.4274/jpr.galenos.2024.9205313049054An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up StudyBirsen Şentürk Pilan0İpek İnal Kaleli1Serpil Erermiş2Mehmet Kantar3Eda Ataseven4Burcu Özbaran5Tezan Bildik6 Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, İzmir, Turkey Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, İzmir, Turkey Aim: Childhood cancers are life-threatening diseases which are universally distressing and potentially traumatic for children and their families at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and beyond. Materials and Methods: Thirty-nine child patients between the ages of 0-18 years receiving treatment in a pediatric oncology hospital for various pediatric cancers who consented to participate in this study were recruited. The participants were assessed via Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition/K-SADS-PL-DSM-5 for ages 6-18 by a trained and certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. The clinical assessments of patients aged 0-5 years were completed by a trained child and adolescent psychiatrist in agreement with the DSM-5 and the standard principles of psychiatric interview for the pediatric population. The previous and current psychiatric diagnoses of the participants were recorded. The Quality-of-Life Scale for Children was administered to the participants and their caregivers at the first interview and at the 6th month of follow-up. Results: While no significant differences were observed in the quality of life of children with a novel pediatric cancer diagnosis and children with cancer recurrence/ongoing treatment per their own reports, the parents reported significant improvement in the quality of life of those children who had a novel cancer diagnosis after six months. Conclusion: The parents’ and their children’s reports were highly correlated, and this association remained significant in multiple linear regression analyses for both the initial interviews and the follow-ups. The parents’ reports on their children’s quality of life appear to be reliable in accurately predicting their children’s quality of life in the clinical setting. http://jpedres.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/an-evaluation-of-quality-of-life-in-children-and-a/64767 pediatric oncologyquality of lifechild and adolescent mental healthpsycho-oncology |
| spellingShingle | Birsen Şentürk Pilan İpek İnal Kaleli Serpil Erermiş Mehmet Kantar Eda Ataseven Burcu Özbaran Tezan Bildik An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study Journal of Pediatric Research pediatric oncology quality of life child and adolescent mental health psycho-oncology |
| title | An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study |
| title_full | An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study |
| title_fullStr | An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study |
| title_short | An Evaluation of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: A 6-month Follow-up Study |
| title_sort | evaluation of quality of life in children and adolescents in an inpatient oncology unit a 6 month follow up study |
| topic | pediatric oncology quality of life child and adolescent mental health psycho-oncology |
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