Psychological Impact of Chemotherapy for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Patients and Their Parents

Sherief, Laila M.; Kamal, Naglaa M.; Abdalrahman, Hadel M; Youssef, Doaa Mohammed; Alhady, Mohamed Abd; Ali, Adel; Elbasset, Maha Aly Abd; Hashim, Hiatham M

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“…This phenomena perhaps related to several factors such as parent's early marriage and not having the domestic planning to the number of children . This finding agree with (Sherief et al, 2015) they reported that 61% had 3 to 5 siblings [13] .…”

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Impact of Chemotherapy upon Psychological status of School Age Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City

Shukran Khudher Kassar Al-ghzy,

Eqbal Ghanim Ali Ma’ala

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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A descriptive design study was conducted to assess the psychological status of the impact of chemotherapy upon school age children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Baghdad city and find out the relationship between Impact of Chemotherapy upon psychological status of school age children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and their demographic characteristics like children's( age ,gender, level of education et a)A non-probability (Purposive) sample of 114 children with ALL under chemotherapy was selected in attending hospital wart out pation and counseling clinic.The results of the present study indicated that impact of chemotherapy upon psychological status of acute lymphoblastic leukemia children were effected at moderate level, with regard to relationships among impact of chemotherapy upon psychological status and child's Socio-demographic characteristics,and no significant association was apperThe study concludes that most of the children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia had moderate level, and recommended that Psychosocial support should be provided to school age children and their parent's to facilitate their coping with disease and its treatment. Establishment of counseling clinic especially for treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, to maintain care, reduce the anxiety, and their consequently.

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Impact of Chemotherapy upon Psychological status of School Age Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City

Shukran Khudher Kassar Al-ghzy,

Eqbal Ghanim Ali Ma’ala

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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“…1 Children with cancer experience substantial suffering and decreased quality of life (QOL) throughout the illness trajectory, including physical symptom, emotional, and social distress. [2][3][4][5][6] Symptom distress has been strongly associated with QOL in children with advanced cancer, with reported ''poor/fair'' categories in physical, school, emotional, and social subscales. 7 The large majority of parents of children with advanced cancer have reported that they hope for their child's QOL (e.g., happy, healthy, and enjoy life) and minimal suffering (e.g., least pain).…”

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Randomized Clinical Trial of a Legacy Intervention for Quality of Life in Children with Advanced Cancer

Akard

Dietrich

Friedman

et al. 2021

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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Background: Legacy-making (actions/behaviors aimed at being remembered) may be a significant component for quality of life (QOL) during advanced illness and end of life. Although legacy interventions have been tested in adults, the impact of legacy activities on QOL for children has yet to be clearly defined. Objective: This study examined the impact of our newly developed web-based legacy intervention on dimensions of QOL among children (7-17 years old) with advanced cancer. Design: This single-site randomized clinical trial (RCT) used a two-group waitlist control design. The legacy intervention guided children to create digital storyboards by directing them to answer legacy questions about themselves (personal characteristics, things they like to do, and connectedness with others) and upload photographs, video, and music. Setting/Subjects: Facebook advertisements recruited children (ages 7-17) with relapsed/refractory cancer and their parents from the United States. Child-parent dyads (N = 150) were randomized to the intervention or usual care group, and 97 dyads were included for analysis. Measurements: Children and parents completed the PedsQL Cancer Module preintervention (T1) and postintervention (T2). Results: Although not statistically significant, legacy-making demonstrated small effects in child procedural anxiety and perceived physical appearance (Cohen's d 0.35-0.28) compared to the wait-list control group. Conclusions: This study contributes important discoveries, including support for the feasibility of a RCT webbased legacy intervention for children with advanced cancer. We did not find convincing evidence supporting the hypothesis that legacy-making improved child dimensions of QOL across time. Overall, this is a null study that warrants discussion on possible reasons for limited findings. Future legacy intervention research is needed using qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as child and parent reports, to determine how such services may improve dimensions of QOL for pediatric palliative care populations. ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT04059393.

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“…Factors that influence the level of stress in parents of children with cancer can generally be classified into disease severity and its treatment, individual factors, and internal family condition (Sultan et al, 2016). Chemotherapy in ALL can cause psychological disorders in children and caregivers (Sherief et al, 2015).…”

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Impact of Caregiver’s Psychological Aspects towards Quality of Life of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Irwanto

Ratwita

Prihaningtyas

et al. 2020

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Psychological Impact of Chemotherapy for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Patients and Their Parents

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Cited by 21 publications

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Impact of Chemotherapy upon Psychological status of School Age Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City

Impact of Chemotherapy upon Psychological status of School Age Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City

Randomized Clinical Trial of a Legacy Intervention for Quality of Life in Children with Advanced Cancer

Impact of Caregiver’s Psychological Aspects towards Quality of Life of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

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