Outcomes of an enhancement study with additional psychoeducational sessions for healthy siblings of a child with cancer during inpatient family‐oriented rehabilitation

Abstract

Inpatient family-oriented rehabilitation is effective in improving multiple psychosocial outcomes of healthy children in families which have a child with cancer. Additional psycho-educational sessions did not show any substantial additional improvement.

Development and validation of a health‐related quality of life questionnaire for pediatric patients with interstitial lung disease

“…With the exception of six items with moderate (0.30<r itc >0.50) and six items with low (r itc <0.30) discriminatory power, the discriminatory power was high (r itc >0.50). Item difficulty is an estimate of the state level needed to pass an item . With the exception of seven items which were in the “easy area” ( P > 0.80), most items were in the “moderate area” (0.80<ID>0.20) indicating a moderate probability to pass the item (answer with “often” or “almost always”).…”

Social support and siblings of children with cancer: A scoping review

“…This questionnaire assesses the perceived influence that cancer has had on siblings and includes a subdomain of interpersonal impacts. Several questions within the interpersonal subdomain evaluate the availability of parents for emotional support and changes in companionship of parents and siblings which was found to be meaningful in relation to sibling outcomes in several studies 29,35,46,50,51 . In addition, a second SPQ subscale, communication, demonstrated in one study 43 that greater communication was significantly associated with lower scores in behavioral problems, depression, and anxiety.…”

Psychosocial interventions for siblings of children with cancer: A mixed methods systematic review

“…The 19 reviewed publications reported the results of qualitative ( n = 4) 20,27,29,30 and quantitative descriptive studies ( n = 2), 17,35 a case study ( n = 1), 25 randomized controlled trials (RCTs; n = 5), 18,19,21,22,33 and quantitative quasi‐experimental studies ( n = 7) 23,24,26,28,31,32,34 . Of the 15 interventions discussed in the 19 publications, five were conducted in Canada, 17,18,21,27,34 two in the U.S., 24,31 two in Sweden, 29,30 and one each in the United States and Canada, 35 the United Kingdom, 23 Israel, 25 Korea, 26 Germany, 28 and Switzerland 33 . The study sample sizes ranged from 1 to 884.…”

“…Group Interventions . Of the seven interventions using group formats, three used a psychoeducational approach to address the impact of cancer on the family, the types of feelings SCCs might experience in light of their siblings' cancer diagnosis and treatment, and coping strategies for worries and fears 23,28,34 . Two interventions also included skills training, addressed SCCs' negative cognitions (e.g., “I'm not important”), strengthened their problem solving abilities, and supported their coping strategies to manage difficulties 19,27 .…”

“…One RCT demonstrated better quality of life over time among SCCs in the intervention group than those in the control group 22 . One two‐group, pre‐post study 28 and two other RCTs reported no significant group differences in participants' quality of life scores 19,33 . In a cross‐sectional study, the SCCs attending camps that also included their siblings with cancer had significantly higher emotional functioning than those attending camps that only included SCCs 35 …”