Impact of a Parent-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention for Mothers on Adjustment in Children Newly Diagnosed With Cancer

Abstract

This study provides support for illness adjustment and coping models that emphasize the role of parent factors in driving child adjustment outcomes and is encouraging for future parent-focused intervention research.

Sociodemographic Factors and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents under Cancer Treatment

“…There is some evidence of different socioemotional strategies than can be implemented in onco-pediatric services (Fedele et al, 2013;Kazak, 2005;Marsland et al, 2013;Mehranfar et al, 2012;Wakefield et al, 2015). Unfortunately, there is even more evidence of the need of effective socioemotional attention in this services (Abu-Saad Huijer et al, 2013;Castillo-Martínez et al, 2009;DeasySpinetta, 1993;Litzelman et al, 2011;Pek et al, 2010), findings to which this work is added.…”

“…The family plays an important role for the child and adolescent adjustment to its cancer treatment, finding that family cohesion is a main resource for the management of the disease and treatment adherence (Santos, Crespo, Canavarro, & Kazak, 2015). This justify why most of the existing interventions are designed for caregivers and relatives of children and adolescents with cancer (Fedele et al, 2013;Kazak, 2005;Marsland et al, 2013;Mehranfar et al, 2012;Wakefield et al, 2015). These efforts are not to be dismissed, considering that the parents' pressure and stress directly influence the children and adolescents' clinic characteristics and QOL (Litzelman et al, 2011).…”

“…It is necessary to increase the studies about the effectivity of socioemotional interventions in children and adolescents with cancer and their families (Kazak, 2005), considering that there are only few scientific papers about it (Fedele et al, 2013;Marsland et al, 2013;Mehranfar, Younesi, & Banihashem, 2012;Wakefield et al, 2015). In our context, despite the relevance of this variable, the research about QOF in pediatric oncology is scarce (Arias-Gómez et al, 1996;Castillo-Martínez, Juárez-Villegas, Palomo-Colli, Medina-Sansón, & Zapata-Tarrés, 2009) increasing the exiting challenges.…”

Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness

“…Eleven studies that were excluded in the update of this review (Bellin 2013; Borhani 2011; Chen 2013; Fedele 2013; Groß 2013; Gulewitsch 2012; Katz 2014; Kurowski 2013; Lyon 2013; Murphy 2012; Van der Veek 2013). One previously included study Grey 2011 was excluded in this update as it combined two sets of trial data, one of which is already included independently (Grey 2011).…”

Early Traumatic Stress Responses in Parents Following a Serious Illness in Their Child: A Systematic Review

“…To date there have been few studies examining the efficacy of psychological interventions of parents of seriously ill children. However, a small number of studies conducted with parents of children with cancer and cardiac disease in the early period following diagnosis have reported promising results for reducing parental distress (Burke et al, 2014;Sahler et al, 2002Sahler et al, , 2005 and enhancing child adjustment (Fedele et al, 2013). Given the impact of early traumatic responses on parent and family functioning and child recovery and outcome, the findings of this review indicate that families affected by SCII need psychosocial intervention in the acute phase post the child's diagnosis to reduce the risk of potential long term mental health problems.…”