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| Título: Effectiveness of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention on Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Iranian Children With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial | |
| Enlace: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088259631600004X?via%3Dihub | |
| Autores: Safarabadi Farahani, Atefeh; Maarefvand, Masoomeh; | |
| Tipo de documento: Articulo de revista | |
| Idioma: Inglés | |
| Resumen:Cancer in children has a great impact on primary caregiver quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVE:This study examined the effectiveness of a brief psychosocial intervention (BPI) on QOL of Primary Caregivers of Children with Cancer (PCCCs). METHODS:Sixty-five PCCCs participated in a randomized controlled trial in Mahak Hospital and Rehabilitation Complex in Tehran, Iran. A 5-week long BPI (which comprised of counseling sessions and telephone follow-up) was delivered to the intervention group in addition to usual service, while the control group was provided with usual service. Data were collected using the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer-Persian version (CQOLC-P) prior to intervention, post-intervention, and at follow-up (i.e. 30days after the intervention). Repeated measures analysis of variance analysis (ANOVA) was used to evaluate outcomes. RESULTS:Majority of the participants were mothers (95%), between ages of 24-47 years (95%) with children between ages of 2-12 years. Most child cancer diagnoses were for brain tumors (n=31) and blood cancers (n=17). Significant improvement was found within the intervention group on QOL (p<0.001) including improvements on subscale measures of mental/emotional burden (p<0.001), disruption (p<0.001), and positive adaptation (p<0.001), compared with the control group over time. There was no difference between the intervention and control groups on the financial subscale measure after intervention (p>0.05). CONCLUSION:BPI was an effective strategy to improve the quality of life of PCCCs. Similar interventions can be planned by practitioners to reduce the burden of childhood cancer on PCCCs. | |
| Descriptores: cancer; children; intervention; primary caregiver; quality of life; | |
| Soporte: Digital | |
| Ilustraciones: Sí | |
| Tipo documento: Revista | |
| Nombre revista: Journal of Pediatric Nursing | |
| ISSN: 0882-5963 | |
| Periodicidad: | |
| Volumen: 31 | |
| Número: 4 | |
| Páginas: 262-270 | |
| Año: 2016 |
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