Motor ability, physical self‐concept and health‐related quality of life in pediatric cancer survivors

Benzing, Valentin; Siegwart, Valerie; Spitzhüttl, Janine Sophie; Schmid, Jürg; Grotzer, Michael A.; Roebers, Claudia M.; Steinlin, Maja; Leibundgut, Kurt; Everts, Regula; Schmidt, Mirko

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“…This may be related to the fact that the diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer may lead to a decrease in the number or pattern of social contacts. Lower motor ability and physical sequelae from cancer and its treatment may hinder social activities [ 14 ]. Furthermore, support from peers may become less available due to the fear and discomfort that peers may feel toward an ill friend [ 46 ].…”

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“…In addition, the use of additional resource-assessing tools, such as, for example, the Social Emotional Assets and Resilience Scale (SEARS) or the Social, Cultural, Religious, Economic, Education, and Medical Family Resource Survey (SCREEM-RES), might reveal findings that add other perspectives on resources in childhood cancer survivors by the inclusion of different raters or cultural, religious, and economic issues [ 57 , 58 ]. Furthermore, results on personal and social resources must be interpreted in consideration of the long-term follow-up performed in the present study (mean time since treatment = 4.51 years) [ 14 , 29 ]. The time of the assessment of resources might impact the perception of personal and social resources.…”

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“…Social resources contain parental support, peer integration, and school integration [ 11 , 12 , 13 ]. In the literature on resources in cancer, childhood survivors showed lower self-esteem compared to healthy school children [ 14 ]. In addition, the perception of support (social resource) was associated with better social adjustment and higher psychosocial wellbeing, whereas a low sense of self-efficacy (personal resource) was associated with worse mood and worse quality of life in adult patients after cancer [ 15 , 16 ].…”

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Personal and Social Resources Are Linked to Cognition and Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Personal and social resources may buffer the adverse effects of childhood cancer and its impact on cognition and quality of life. While childhood cancer survivors show domain-specific cognitive difficulties, little is known about their personal and social resources. We therefore investigated personal and social resources and their association with cognitive and quality-of-life outcomes in childhood cancer survivors. Seventy-eight survivors of childhood cancer of different etiologies (aged 7–16 years; ≥one year since treatment) and fifty-six healthy controls were included. Cognitive outcome was assessed by neuropsychological tests; personal and social resources, as well as health-related quality of life, were assessed by standardized questionnaires. In the social resource domain, peer integration was worse in survivors than in controls (puncorr < 0.04, d = 0.33). Personal resources and all other subscales of social resources did not significantly differ between survivors and controls. In survivors, the global resource score was significantly correlated with processing speed (r = 0.39, pcorr < 0.001) and quality of life (parent: r = 0.44; self-report: r = 0.46; pscorr < 0.001). In controls, no association occurred between resources and cognitive outcome, and the correlation between the global resource score and quality of life did not withstand correction for multiple comparison (parent: r = 0.28; self-report: r = 0.40, psuncorr < 0.001). After an adverse event such as childhood cancer, resources might play a particularly buffering role on cognitive performance and quality of life (when compared to the everyday life of healthy controls). This highlights the importance of interventions that strengthen the resources of children and their families, even years after cancer. Such resource-focused intervention could help to counteract long-term sequelae in cognitive outcomes and health-related quality of life.

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“…Motor competencies are therefore an essential health resource (Dreiskämper et al, 2020) and are the basis for an active and healthy lifestyle (Strotmeyer et al, 2020). Motor competencies are also crucial for physical, social and cognitive development (Benzing et al, 2021) and influence self‐concept (Dreiskämper et al, 2020). For children with intellectual disabilities, motor competencies are of particular importance as they typically have lower motor competencies (Maïano et al, 2019b), are less physically active (Maïano et al, 2019a) and are more likely to be obese than children without intellectual disabilities (Maïano et al, 2016), and are therefore particularly at risk in terms of their health (Maïano et al, 2019a).…”

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Correlations between motor competencies, physical activity and self‐concept in children with intellectual disabilities in inclusive education

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BackgroundReciprocal relationships exist between motor competencies, physical activity and self‐concept.AimsUsing a structural equation model, this study examined whether these relationships also appear in children with intellectual disabilities, how they can be validly measured, and if there are differences between children with and without intellectual disabilities.Materials & MethodsData from a cross‐sectional research project involving 121 children with intellectual disabilities and 1721 without intellectual disabilities were analysed.ResultsThe results demonstrate that reciprocal relationships also apply to children with intellectual disabilities and can be elucidated if inverse items are omitted.DiscussionChildren with intellectual disabilities have less developed motor competencies and are less physically active but have a higher general self‐concept compared to children without intellectual disabilities. The sport‐related ability self‐concept of both groups is comparable.ConclusionsThe results are broadly consistent with extant research and illustrate that the development of motor competencies, physical activity and self‐concept in children with intellectual disabilities must be encouraged.

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“…Furthermore, limitations of physical performance, such as reduced cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, and balance often persist throughout treatment and survivorship (3,22,26,32). These limitations are associated with longterm impairments of psychosocial variables like well-being, attainment of social roles, emotional distress, lower physical self-concept, and health-related quality of life (2,19). However, structured physical activity and exercise programs seem to be a promising supportive strategy to minimize several side effects of treatment, general loss of physical performance, and long-term mortality (24,30,37).…”

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A National Implementation Approach for Exercise as Usual Care in Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology: Network ActiveOncoKids

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Gauß³

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The diagnosis of cancer as well as accompanying acute and late effects of treatment are influencing physical activity behavior of patients with childhood cancer and survivors. Research has shown that a pediatric cancer diagnosis is associated with impairments of physical performance, and function, as well as reduced physical, and psychosocial, health conditions. From an ethical perspective, lack of knowledge of health care providers, lack of physical activity promotion, and environmental, and structural barriers to physical activity restrict children’s right to move and actively engage in physical activities. Network ActiveOncoKids is a German-wide initiative with the main goal of enabling children, adolescents, and young adults with exercise opportunities during and after cancer treatment. Since the network’s foundation in 2012, Network ActiveOncoKids focuses on: (1) physical activity support for patients and families, (2) policy change to establish structures and guidelines, and (3) generating evidence through scientific projects. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of Network ActiveOncoKids structure, aims, and projects. This topical review will highlight the network’s structural development, research work, and implementation progress of exercise programs for patients with pediatric cancer and survivors, link international collaborations, and discuss future directions.

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Motor ability, physical self‐concept and health‐related quality of life in pediatric cancer survivors

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Personal and Social Resources Are Linked to Cognition and Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Personal and Social Resources Are Linked to Cognition and Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Correlations between motor competencies, physical activity and self‐concept in children with intellectual disabilities in inclusive education

A National Implementation Approach for Exercise as Usual Care in Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology: Network ActiveOncoKids

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