Quality of life and coping in children with cancer

Q2 Psychology

Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI:10.1590/1982-0275202340e200210

Jallana Rios Matos, Ana Paula Monteiro Coutinho, Ana Luiza Rodegheri Gonçalves, A. B. Motta

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Abstract

Abstract Objective: Cancer illness is a stressful event that affects children’s quality of life. This study verified the association between coping and quality of life in 13 children with cancer (6 to 12 years old) from a public hospital in the Southeastern region of the country. Methods: The participants answered the Hospitalization Coping Scale and Pediatric Quality of Life 3.0 (Cancer Module). Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were applied. A high average of adaptive coping and coping behaviors, such as talking, playing, and taking medicine, were observed. Results: The results suggest a potential positive correlation between quality of life related to the domain nausea, which also showed high scores, and adaptive coping, demonstrating children’s difficulty in dealing with nausea, even after using adaptive coping strategies, and this domain was significant in reducing the quality of life perceived. Conclusion: Understanding coping and qualitywww of life may steer intervention in Pediatric Oncology.

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癌症儿童的生活质量和应对方式

摘要目的:癌症疾病是影响儿童生活质量的应激事件。这项研究证实了该国东南部地区一家公立医院的13名癌症儿童(6至12岁)的应对与生活质量之间的关系。方法:参与者填写住院应对量表和儿童生活质量3.0(癌症模块)。采用描述性和推断性统计分析。适应性应对和应对行为(如说话、玩耍和服药)的平均水平较高。结果:研究结果表明，与恶心相关的生活质量与适应性应对之间存在潜在的正相关，表明儿童在使用适应性应对策略后仍难以处理恶心，并且该领域显著降低了生活质量。结论:了解儿童肿瘤患者的应对和生活质量可以指导干预。

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Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Psychology-Psychology (all)

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4.00

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0.00%

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审稿时长

13 weeks

期刊介绍： Estudos de Psicologia (Psychological Studies) is a quarterly journal of the graduate psychology program at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - Centro Ciências da Vida (Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas- Center of Life Sciences). Since its foundation in 1983, it has been encouraging contributions from national and international scientific communities, aiming to discuss and to promote the profession and research in Psychology through the publication of original articles, which bring relevant contributions to the field of Psychology. It also publishes theoretical and review papers as well as book reviews representing significant advances to the science and profession of Psychology.