Correlates of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Among the Caregivers of Leukemic Children

Demirtepe-Saygılı, Dilek; Bozo, Özlem

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“…The findings of this study suggest that 49% of the parents experience clinically relevant levels of anxiety symptoms and 25% clinically relevant levels of depression symptoms. However, the percentage of depression was lower than that found in the previous study, possibly due to personal positive coping mechanisms. Friends, relatives, and religion have been identified as the most useful sources of coping .…”

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Unmet supportive care needs and psychological distress among parents of children with cancer in Indonesia

2018

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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the needs and associating factors, psychological distress of parents, when taking care of children with cancer in Indonesia. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted among 100 parents of children with cancer from the pediatric ward of two hospitals in Indonesia. The parents were assessed using the Indonesian version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey for Partner and Caregiver (unmet needs) and the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (psychological distress). The factors associated with unmet needs were analyzed using hierarchical linear regression. Results Among the surveyed parents, 83% had over 10 unmet needs. Among these unmet needs, need for information was the highest one. In the self‐report measure using a clinical cut‐off, 49% of the parents reported signs of anxiety, and 25% had signs of depression. Parents reporting clinically relevant levels of anxiety had more unmet needs than parents without clinically relevant anxiety. Having fewer children was correlated with higher work and social needs, and higher levels of education were correlated with more psychological needs. However, the children's clinical variables were not associated with the overall needs in the regression model. Conclusions Most parents of children with cancer reported a need for more information and reported signs of anxiety and depression. Parents with fewer children and higher levels of education were identified as a vulnerable population due to having greater needs. The result of this study can be used to improve supportive care for parents of children with cancer in hospital settings.

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Unmet supportive care needs and psychological distress among parents of children with cancer in Indonesia

2018

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“…). One study found that lower education was associated with higher depression scores and PTSS up to 1 year post‐diagnosis (Demirtepe‐Saygili & Bozo ; Tremolada et al . ).…”

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“…; Currier et al . ; Hall ; Liu & Yeh ; Demirtepe‐Saygili & Bozo ; Litzelman et al . ; Masa'Deh et al .…”

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“…To cope with this issue and remain consistent with common standards on systematic reviews, we included a supplementary table (Table S2) summarising characteristics and findings of these studies. Improvements in research quality could easily be made in future studies especially if appropriate sample selection procedures were systematically implemented (Elkin et al 2007;Bennett Murphy et al 2008;Roddenberry & Renk 2008;Yalug et al 2008;Currier et al 2009;Hall 2010;Liu & Yeh 2010;Demirtepe-Saygili & Bozo 2011a;Litzelman et al 2011;Masa'Deh et al 2012) and reporting was more complete (e.g. response rate, sample description, recruitment procedures, etc.)…”

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A systematic review on factors and consequences of parental distress as related to childhood cancer

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The literature including correlates of parental distress as related to childhood cancer is abundant. It is important to identify predictive factors and outcomes of this distress in parents. The objective of this review was to update previous syntheses on factors of distress and to identify outcomes of parents’ distress in the recent literature (2007–2012). We performed a systematic review to identify all quantitative studies including measures of parental distress and associated factors during the study period. We found 56 eligible studies, of which 43 had a Low risk of bias (Cochrane guidelines). Forty‐two reports included potential predictive factors. Significant relationships were found with clinical history of the child, sex of the parent, coping response and personal resources, pre‐diagnosis family functioning, but not education/income or marital status. Twenty‐five reports studied potential consequences of distress and focused on psychological adjustment in parents and children. Compared to past periods, a higher proportion of studies included fathers. Measures used to evaluate distress were also more homogeneous in certain domains of distress. This review underscores the need for appropriate methods for selecting participants and reporting results in future studies. Appropriate methods should be used to demonstrate causality between factors/consequences and distress.

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“…In general, many studies can be found on anxiety, stress, quality of life, and depression of the mothers of children with cancer (Kholasehzadeh et al 2014;Barrera et al 2012;Elcigil & Conk 2010;Demirtepe-Saygılı & Bozo 2011;Bostancı et al 2007;Neu et al 2014;Malpert et al 2015;Chen 2015;Sherief et al 2015). However, considering the culture of parental life in Turkey and the socio-economic status of the mothers, conducting such a study was felt necessary.…”

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The Burden of Care and Life Satisfaction of the Turkish Mothers of Children With Cancer

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2018

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Background: Cancer could be called family-involving disease. The current study aimed at determining the relationship between the burden of care and life satisfaction of the Turkish mothers of children with cancer. Methods: The current descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers of 194 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia referred to a chemotherapy polyclinic. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale, and analyzed with Student's t-test for independent groups, One-way ANOVA, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis, and regression tests using SPSS V. 16. Results: Mean age of children was 7.26±3.78 (years), 53.6% were male, and 64.4% were previously enrolled at school but could not continue to study due to illness. A significant difference was observed between the average life satisfaction scale scores and economic status of the mothers (P<0.005). According to Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis, a statistically significant negative correlation was observed between life satisfaction and caregiver burden scores (P<0.05) (r=-420, P=0.000). Conclusion: Health care team and especially pediatric nurses should help the mothers by providing information about support systems and counseling services available in the community and facilitating the use of these resources to alleviate their stress and increase their life satisfaction.

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Correlates of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Among the Caregivers of Leukemic Children

Cited by 8 publications

References 35 publications

Unmet supportive care needs and psychological distress among parents of children with cancer in Indonesia

Unmet supportive care needs and psychological distress among parents of children with cancer in Indonesia

A systematic review on factors and consequences of parental distress as related to childhood cancer

The Burden of Care and Life Satisfaction of the Turkish Mothers of Children With Cancer

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