Families of Chinese children with malignancy: The factors impact on mother's anxiety

Developing a literature base to understand the caregiving experience of parents of children with cancer: a systematic review of factors related to parental health and well-being

“…Only five studies had a sample size of 100 children or more [18,19,25,37,55]. The total number of caregivers and children included 2,262 mothers, 1,099 fathers, 65 parents (gender of parent not specified), and 15 other caregivers (e.g., grandparent, stepparent) of 2,600 children with cancer.…”

“…Evidence from cross-sectional [14,25] and longitudinal studies [17, 26-29, 42-44, 49, 59, 63] show a longer time because diagnosis is associated with improved parental psychological health, although not all studies reached [34,61] studied depressive symptoms in parents and did not find any change between 1, 3, and 6 months post-diagnosis, and Sloper [47] found that psychological distress in parents remained high when assessed at 6 and 18 months post-diagnosis. Other researchers have investigated time since diagnosis in terms of phase of treatment [13,37,52] with most describing that parents self-report more psychological distress in the early diagnosis phase as opposed to later phases. Having a child on vs off-treatment at the time of assessment was associated with more psychological distress [36], as was having a child with a poorer prognosis [18]; having a child who relapsed [23]; having a deceased child [18]; and having a hospitalized child, i.e., being hospitalized at the time of assessment [39] or a higher number of hospitalizations [47].…”

Hopelessness and Depression Levels of Parents of Children with Cancer

“…Parents and siblings of a child with a chronic disease have been reported to be affected spiritually (Wijnberg-Williams et al, 2006a;Baykan, 2010). Studies have reported increased levels of depression, anxiety and hopelessness in children with cancer and in their parents and siblings (Çavuşoglu, 2001;Mu et al, 2001;Toros et al, 2002;Barrera et al, 2003;Hung et al, 2004;Norberg et al, 2005;Wijnberg-Williams et al, 2006a;Bayat et al, 2008). The levels of depression and anxiety of children with cancer and their parents were higher than those of children with another chronic disease and healthy children, and the levels of depression and anxiety of mothers were higher than those of fathers in a study conducted in Turkey (Toros et al, 2002;Tuna et al, 2012).…”

Câncer no lactente: readaptações na vida familiar

“…When the mother is in constant control, the correlation between anxiety and uncertainty is reduced. 12 Taking care of the child with cancer entails different implications for the mother's life and quality of life, including the conflict between staying close to the child being treated and mothering the other children. 20 On the other hand, Mother 1 acknowledges that family life needs to return to daily reality before the disease.…”

“…[10][11][12][13][14] In view of the problem's dimensions, however, research still has not answered the gaps in knowledge and care practice, mainly concerning infant cancer.…”