Parent Involvement and Neurocognitive Functioning in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Patel, Sunita K.; Peters, Beth Baumeister; Bell, Terece S.; Verner, Julie; Katz, Ernest R.; Baron, Mary N; Buckwalter, J. Galen

doi:10.5455/jbh.20131222084318

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“…The first phase of the project involved adapting the parenting questionnaires used in previous research [4, 10] to better match the needs and experiences of low acculturated Latino participants who may have low levels of education and literacy.An advisory panel consisting of Latino parents of childhood cancer survivors and multidisciplinary Latino, bilingual health professionals gave feedback and assisted in adapting any problematic survey items. The adapted questionnaires were then translated into Spanish using standard translation and back translation methodology.…”

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“…Parent beliefs were measured using an adapted version of Parent Belief and Behaviors Questionnaire- Revised (PBQ-R) [4] which had been developed and piloted with 120 parents of healthy children and 56 parents of children with CNS-involved cancer and/or treatments. The measure assessed parental efficacy, beliefs, and knowledge of neurocognitive late effects and learning issues in childhood cancer survivors.…”

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“…Educational interventions targeted at parents to involve them in interventions intended to enhance their children's cognitive and academic functioning may have positive impact. [4]. However, despite the potential benefits of such interventions, research finds that family interventions often have low participation rates [5] and that there are a number of challenges that can be faced when attempting to recruit participants with low levels of education and English fluency [6].…”

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“…Pro-learning behaviors include direct monitoring, instruction and assistance with school work, explicit reinforcement of improved academic performance, parent contact with school and teachers, and active utilization of community resources [4, 9]. A pilot study with English-speaking families of childhood cancer survivors found that participation in an 8-session clinic-based parental training program was related to gains in parental efficacy and pro-learning behaviors, as well as improved child performance in select academic areas [10].…”

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Willingness to Participate in a Parental Training Intervention to Reduce Neurocognitive Late Effects Among Latino Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors

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The purpose of the study was to examine correlates of Spanish-speaking Latino parents’ interest for participation in an educational intervention to improve learning and school success in children with cancer-related cognitive and behavioral late effects. Participants included 73 Latino caregivers of school age children who are survivors of brain tumor or leukemia and at risk for cognitive late effects. . The parents completed a battery of surveys relating to interest in and barriers to intervention participation, as well as measures of parental knowledge and beliefs and their children's cognitive functioning, and health-related quality of life. Results showed that the majority of parents expressed interest in participating in the proposed 8-week intervention, with over 90% indicating interest in learning more about improving grades, making learning more exciting, being a role model, and the impact of cancer on memory. The factors most strongly related to interest in intervention included lower maternal education, as well as perceptions of greater child cognitive difficulties and lower health-related quality of life. The barriers most highly endorsed by the most parents were difficulty paying for gas, child care responsibility, and too much stress in other parts of life. Also highly endorsed as barriers were statements relating to the child's lack of interest and need for services (i.e., my child is doing fine). These findings are consistent with the Health Belief Model wherein decisions to engage in health-related behaviors are made by weighing the potential benefits relative to the costs and barriers.

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Willingness to Participate in a Parental Training Intervention to Reduce Neurocognitive Late Effects Among Latino Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors

2014

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“…Within this context, it seems plausible that SES may possibly moderate the impact of cancer diagnosis and its treatment on neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes, perhaps under certain circumstances. In our prior work, which examined associations of parenting factors with IQ outcomes in childhood cancer survivors, findings suggested that environmental factors (e.g., parent involvement) may be influential if the brain injury is to a less severe degree [6].…”

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Socioeconomic status as a possible moderator of neurocognitive outcomes in children with cancer

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Social‐ecological predictors of school functioning in Hispanic children treated for cancer with central nervous system–directed therapies

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Johansen

Gold

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Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Background Children with brain tumor or acute leukemia are at risk for neurotoxic side effects associated with their cancer therapies. These long‐term deficits include poor health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in school and lower educational achievement. Although social‐ecological factors may impact these outcomes, it is not known which factors play a role. Our objective was to evaluate the factors affecting school HRQOL in Hispanic childhood cancer survivors, an important at‐risk group. Procedure Multivariable regression analyses examined whether selected social‐ecological factors contribute toward suboptimal school HRQOL in 73 Hispanic children treated with central nervous system (CNS)–directed cancer therapies after accounting for effects associated with established cancer‐related risk factors. Results Consistent with expectations from prior research, in our multivariate analysis, the cancer‐related factors of having a brain tumor diagnosis and being younger at cancer diagnosis were significant predictors of reduced parent‐reported school HRQOL (F(2,65) = 5.46, P < .01) and accounted for 14% of the variance. Adding the social‐ecological variables of parent education, child motivation, and parental knowledge accounted for an additional 25% of the variance in school HRQOL, where higher levels were associated with better child school HRQOL. Parenting knowledge was a contributor even after controlling for effects associated with the other variables in the model (F(1,62) = 4.88, P < .05). Conclusions Cancer survivorship care should incorporate parent education interventions to enhance the child's school functioning, particularly for Hispanic childhood cancer survivors from predominantly Spanish‐speaking families. Future research should consider other at‐risk groups and incorporate social‐ecological indicators to predict HRQOL outcomes.

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Parent Involvement and Neurocognitive Functioning in Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Willingness to Participate in a Parental Training Intervention to Reduce Neurocognitive Late Effects Among Latino Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors

Willingness to Participate in a Parental Training Intervention to Reduce Neurocognitive Late Effects Among Latino Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors

Socioeconomic status as a possible moderator of neurocognitive outcomes in children with cancer

Social‐ecological predictors of school functioning in Hispanic children treated for cancer with central nervous system–directed therapies

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