Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer
Advances in pediatric cancer treatment and dramatic improvement in long-term survival have made health-related quality of life (HRQOL) a priority. This study describes the HRQOL of Saudi children on cancer treatment, given the paucity of data on the subject. Parents of children undergoing cancer tre...
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| author | Fahad Alabbas Ghaleb Elyamany Nawaf Alkhayat Mohammad AlShahrani Walid Ibrahim Yasser Elborai Amal Binhassan Hasna Hamzi Nour Al Thibani Sami Alakel Faisal Alsharif Omar Alsuhaibani Omar Alsharif |
| author_facet | Fahad Alabbas Ghaleb Elyamany Nawaf Alkhayat Mohammad AlShahrani Walid Ibrahim Yasser Elborai Amal Binhassan Hasna Hamzi Nour Al Thibani Sami Alakel Faisal Alsharif Omar Alsuhaibani Omar Alsharif |
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| description | Advances in pediatric cancer treatment and dramatic improvement in long-term survival have made health-related quality of life (HRQOL) a priority. This study describes the HRQOL of Saudi children on cancer treatment, given the paucity of data on the subject. Parents of children undergoing cancer treatment between the ages of 2 and 12 years enrolled to answer the Arabic version of the parent proxy report PedsQL™ 3.0 cancer module. The module items were reverse-scored to a linear scale from 0 to 100, in which higher scores indicated a better HRQOL. Of the 95 study participants, 61 (64.2%) were hematological malignancies and 34 (35.8%) solid malignancies. The mean score of our sample’s total HRQOL was 72.3, which is in line with the results of similar studies worldwide. The lowest scores were observed for procedural anxiety (60.14), perceived physical appearance (67.37), and treatment anxiety (67.58), while the highest were for communication (80.21), nausea (78.32), and cognitive problems (78.32). Significant associations were reported between the patients aged younger than 5 years and procedural anxiety, those aged 5 years or older and perceived physical appearance, and frequent hospital visits and worry. Healthcare professionals should consider the poor HRQOL sub-scales and their associated risks to improve treatment outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef75ff00faa34116b62c14c0dd65c1682022-12-21T22:52:46ZengSAGE PublishingHealth Services Insights1178-63292021-07-011410.1177/11786329211029351Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with CancerFahad Alabbas0Ghaleb Elyamany1Nawaf Alkhayat2Mohammad AlShahrani3Walid Ibrahim4Yasser Elborai5Amal Binhassan6Hasna Hamzi7Nour Al Thibani8Sami Alakel9Faisal Alsharif10Omar Alsuhaibani11Omar Alsharif12Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAdvances in pediatric cancer treatment and dramatic improvement in long-term survival have made health-related quality of life (HRQOL) a priority. This study describes the HRQOL of Saudi children on cancer treatment, given the paucity of data on the subject. Parents of children undergoing cancer treatment between the ages of 2 and 12 years enrolled to answer the Arabic version of the parent proxy report PedsQL™ 3.0 cancer module. The module items were reverse-scored to a linear scale from 0 to 100, in which higher scores indicated a better HRQOL. Of the 95 study participants, 61 (64.2%) were hematological malignancies and 34 (35.8%) solid malignancies. The mean score of our sample’s total HRQOL was 72.3, which is in line with the results of similar studies worldwide. The lowest scores were observed for procedural anxiety (60.14), perceived physical appearance (67.37), and treatment anxiety (67.58), while the highest were for communication (80.21), nausea (78.32), and cognitive problems (78.32). Significant associations were reported between the patients aged younger than 5 years and procedural anxiety, those aged 5 years or older and perceived physical appearance, and frequent hospital visits and worry. Healthcare professionals should consider the poor HRQOL sub-scales and their associated risks to improve treatment outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329211029351 |
| spellingShingle | Fahad Alabbas Ghaleb Elyamany Nawaf Alkhayat Mohammad AlShahrani Walid Ibrahim Yasser Elborai Amal Binhassan Hasna Hamzi Nour Al Thibani Sami Alakel Faisal Alsharif Omar Alsuhaibani Omar Alsharif Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer Health Services Insights |
| title | Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer |
| title_full | Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer |
| title_short | Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Saudi Children with Cancer |
| title_sort | assessment of health related quality of life in saudi children with cancer |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329211029351 |
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