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Cancer-specific health-related quality of life in children with brain tumors.
- Source :
- Quality of Life Research; May2014, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p1059-1068, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Purpose: To understand the influence of disease and treatment on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with brain tumors, compared to the HRQOL of children with other cancers, from the viewpoints of children and parents. Methods: A total of 133 children aged 5-18 years and 165 parents of children aged 2-18 completed questionnaires of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Cancer Module (Pain and Hurt, Nausea, Procedural Anxiety, Treatment Anxiety, Worry, Cognitive Problems, Perceived Physical Appearance, and Communication scales); higher scores indicate a better HRQOL. The Cancer Module scores, weighted by age and treatment status, were compared to those obtained in a previous study of children with other cancers (mostly leukemia). Results: The weighted mean scores for Pain and Hurt (effect size d = 0.26) and Nausea ( d = 0.23) from child reports and the scores for Nausea ( d = 0.28) from parent reports were higher for children with brain tumors than scores for children with other cancers. The scores for Procedural Anxiety ( d = −0.22) and Treatment Anxiety ( d = −0.32) from parent reports were lower for parents of children with brain tumors than the scores for parents of children with other cancers. The child-reported Pain and Hurt score of the Cancer Module was higher ( d = 0.29) and in less agreement ( intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.43) with scores from the Brain Tumor Module, indicating that assessments completed with the Cancer Module misesteem pain and hurt problems in children with brain tumors. Conclusions: The profiles of cancer-specific HRQOL in children with brain tumors differ from those of children with other cancers; we therefore suggest that these children receive specific psychological support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- QUALITY of life
CHILDHOOD cancer
BRAIN tumors
PSYCHOLOGY
ANXIETY
COMPARATIVE studies
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09629343
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Quality of Life Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 95064547
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0555-x