Assessment of health-related quality of life among parents of children with solid tumors in Serbia.
Support Care Cancer
; 28(11): 5109-5115, 2020 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aim of the study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and contributing factors among parents of children with solid tumors in Serbia.METHODS:
The cross-sectional study included 51 parents of children treated for different solid tumors at the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia. Parents filled out validated Serbian version of SF-36 questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify predictors of total score of SF-36.RESULTS:
Almost all parents (94.1%) were mothers and average age was 38.6 ± 6.7 years. Majority of children had brain tumors (43.1%), followed by bone tumors (37.3%). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that socio-demographic characteristics explained 26% of the variance (p > 0.05) of the total score of SF-36. Addition of quality of life of children assessed by parents in the second model caused an increase of 21% in the variance explained (p < 0.05). After adding the Beck Depression Inventory score in the third block, an additional 18% of the variance in total score was explained (p < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
This study showed that HRQoL measured by SF-36 in parents of children with cancer is strongly influenced by depression and quality of life of children assessed by parents.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Padres
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Support Care Cancer
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article