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The Impact of Cancer On Children's Physical, Emotional, and Psychosocial Well-Being

The document summarizes research on the impact of cancer treatment on Chinese children's physical, emotional, and psychosocial well-being. Ninety-eight children aged 7-15 being treated for cancer in Hong Kong hospitals were studied. Findings showed the children scored highly for state anxiety and over half showed depressive symptoms while hospitalized. Through interviews, nearly all children expressed degrees of sadness and worry. The results suggest there is room for improvement in nursing interventions to better prepare children for treatment and help them resume normal development and ease their physical, emotional, and psychological burden from the disease.

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The Impact of Cancer On Children's Physical, Emotional, and Psychosocial Well-Being

The document summarizes research on the impact of cancer treatment on Chinese children's physical, emotional, and psychosocial well-being. Ninety-eight children aged 7-15 being treated for cancer in Hong Kong hospitals were studied. Findings showed the children scored highly for state anxiety and over half showed depressive symptoms while hospitalized. Through interviews, nearly all children expressed degrees of sadness and worry. The results suggest there is room for improvement in nursing interventions to better prepare children for treatment and help them resume normal development and ease their physical, emotional, and psychological burden from the disease.

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Cancer Nursing:

January/February 2010 - Volume 33 - Issue 1 - pp 47-54


doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181aaf0fa
Articles

The Impact of Cancer on Children's Physical, Emotional,


and Psychosocial Well-being
Li, Ho Cheung William PhD; Chung, Oi K. Joyce MPH; Chiu, Sau Ying MPH

Abstract
The diagnosis and treatment of cancer are a stressful and threatening experience, which can
be emotionally devastating to children. Despite the improved prognosis, the course of cancer
treatment has tremendous impact on children. This article aims to examine the impact of
cancer on physical, emotional, and psychosocial well-being of Hong Kong Chinese children,
an area of research that has been underrepresented in the literature. Ninety-eight Hong
Kong Chinese children aged 7 to 15 years, admitted for treatment of cancer in 2 pediatric
oncology units of 2 different hospitals, were invited to participate in the study. Findings from
this study indicated that the children scored considerably high state anxiety on admission,
and more than half of the participants presented some depressive symptoms during their
stay in the hospital. Moreover, semistructured interviews indicated that nearly all children
expressed different degrees of sadness and worry. The findings suggested that there is a
room for improvement in existing nursing intervention regarding preparing children for
hospitalization and treatment of cancer. There is an imperative need for nurses to evaluate
appropriate nursing interventions that can help children resume their normal growth and
development, in particular, to help them ease the physical, emotional, and psychological
burden of life-threatening disease.
http://journals.lww.com/cancernursingonline/Abstract/2010/01000/The_Impact_of
_Cancer_on_Children_s_Physical,.7.aspx

The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT2.0):


Psychometric Properties of a Screener for Psychosocial
Distress in Families of Children Newly Diagnosed with
Cancer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819976/

Screening for Psychosocial Risk in Pediatric Cancer


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396795/

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