Avaliação do transtorno de estresse pós-traumático em sobreviventes de câncer infantil.

Purpose: evaluate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in childhood cancer survivors. Method: 65 survivors who answered to a clinical and sociodemographic questionnaire. PTSD symptoms screening scale (PTSDS-17) and PTSD checklist- Civilian version (PCLC). Results: within the sample, PTSD symptoms presence varied between 9,2% and 18,5%. Referred to symptomatology, 41% showed symptoms of revival, 16,9% of avoidance and 35,4% of increased excitability. The PTSD, sociodemographic and clinical indexes of the sample showed no significant correlations. Conclusion: Cancer traumatic experience and PTSD symptoms harms will be of negative repercussion on survivors life in the long run and may not be adequately evaluated by health professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]