Psychosocial Problems of Teenagers Who Have a Parent With Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study (Young-HUNT Study)

Jeppesen, Elisabeth; Bjelland, Ingvar; Fosså, Sophie D.; Loge, Jon Håvard; Dahl, Alv A.

doi:10.1200/jco.2013.50.7061

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“…This finding also supports the previous study showing that children express elevated stress response symptoms after a parental cancer diagnosis . Our study corroborates previous studies in demonstrating that parental cancer was associated with a higher risk of affective and anxiety disorders, predominantly in females . Clear associations were also found between parental cancer and use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics and sedatives.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…35 Our study corroborates previous studies in demonstrating that parental cancer was associated with a higher risk of affective and anxiety disorders, predominantly in females. 4,36 Clear associations were also found between parental cancer and use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics and sedatives. The higher risk of use of hypnotics and sedatives may otherwise reflect an increased susceptibility to sleep disorders.…”

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Psychiatric disorders among children of parents with cancer: A Swedish register‐based matched cohort study

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Psychiatric disorders among children of parents with cancer: A Swedish register‐based matched cohort study

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“…Only four studies had a control group, and Huizinga, van der Graaf, Visser, Dijkstra, and Hoekstra‐Weebers () used the background population as control. In most studies, somatic symptoms were registered as a part of identifying psychosocial problems in children (Dyregrov & Dyregrov, ; Huizinga et al, ; Huizinga et al, ; Huizinga et al, ; Jeppesen, Bjelland, Fossa, Loge, & Dahl, ; Kucukoglu & Celebioglu, ). The data were primarily questionnaire‐ and interview‐based, and several different designs were applied (Table ); thus a meta‐analysis of the results was not conducted due to lacking comparability of the outcome data.…”

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“…Most studies were specific about the types of symptoms measured, but four studies (Huizinga et al, ; Huizinga et al, ; Jeppesen et al, ; Kucukoglu & Celebioglu, ) reported somatic problems without specifying complaint categories (see Table ).…”

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Somatic symptoms in children who have a parent with cancer: A systematic review

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Bendixen

Haavet

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Background: This systematic review explored the occurrence and types of somatic symptoms in children (0-20 years) who have experienced parental cancer.Methods: We complemented a systematic literature search from PubMed and PsycInfo with a reference search. We identified 1,694 articles, which were independently screened by two authors; they further evaluated potentially relevant papers for quality and extracted the data. We found nine relevant studies (10 publications) on altogether 672 children with a parent who had cancer; four studies included a control group.Results: The studies typically focused on children's psychosocial reactions on parental cancer rather than somatic complaints, so symptom prevalence cannot be reliably summarized. Several studies were small, and the types of somatic symptoms were only specified in five studies. Somatic symptoms were reported as a measure of emotional reactions in the remaining four studies. Three studies provided longitudinal data.The main types of specific symptoms reported were eating problems, pain, sleeping troubles, and bed-wetting. Children of cancer patients tended to show an increase of unspecified somatic symptoms and pain, but evidence was inconsistent. There was a tendency that somatic complaints were associated with increased emotional distress in the children. The material did not allow for separate analysis by age group or bereavement status.Conclusions: Children in families with parental cancer may present with somatic complaints, but the prevalence and significance is not possible to estimate due to very sparse research in this area. Health professionals or counselling providers should not overlook this possible sign of distress. Qualitative studies report significant health anxiety in these children; this may represent a specific topic for counselling in this population. Targeted studies are needed to evaluate the prevalence and significance of somatic symptoms, and especially vulnerable groups need to be identified.

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“…By contrast, better family functioning or family environment seem to correlate with higher levels of positive adjustment in cancer patients' children [13]. Jeppesen et al [14] in their case-control study of children with or without a parent diagnosed with cancer found no significant differences between the two groups in terms of overt psychosocial problems. Their results contradict the theory of trauma and could rather be interpreted in the context of the theory of resilience [15][16][17].…”

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Addressing the psychosocial wellbeing of teenage children of cancer patients and survivors

Annunziata

Muzzatti

Surbone

2015

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Thomas is 13 years old. His parents report a sharp decline in his school grades caused, according to his teachers' opinions, by listlessness and lack of concentration. The parents of Julia, 16 years old, describe her as restless, evasive, isolated, and withdrawn from others and from her usual activities. Linda, 18 years old, is described by her parents as indecisive, uncertain, and almost lethargic. Normally resolute and a high academic achiever, she appears locked in herself, unable to make choices. We first learned about them through the accounts of their concerned parents. Claire, 19 years old, lost weight and exercised hard enough to induce amenorrhea after her young mother underwent treatment for breast cancer, including antihormonal treatment. These four teenagers have in common a parent diagnosed with cancer, undergoing or having just completed treatment.

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Psychosocial Problems of Teenagers Who Have a Parent With Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study (Young-HUNT Study)

Cited by 19 publications

References 32 publications

Psychiatric disorders among children of parents with cancer: A Swedish register‐based matched cohort study

Psychiatric disorders among children of parents with cancer: A Swedish register‐based matched cohort study

Somatic symptoms in children who have a parent with cancer: A systematic review

Addressing the psychosocial wellbeing of teenage children of cancer patients and survivors

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