Assessment of Parental Caring for Children with Cancer on Their Quality of Life (An Assessment Study) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 58, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 786-800 PDF (242.49 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.249915 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona Ahmed Ewes1; Zeinab Fathy Elsayed2; Mona Mohamed Hafez3 | ||
| 1B. Sc. Nursing, Assiut University, National Cancer Institute | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Cancer is a name given to large group of disease characterized by un- controlled and un-regulated growth of cells. Aim: The study aimed to asses parental caring for children with cancer on their quality of life. Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at both the Out-Patient clinic and In-Patient pediatric departments at National Cancer Institute, affiliated to Cairo University. Subject: A purposive sample including 150 children with inclusion criteria were suffering from cancer, both gender, aged from one year to less than or equal age 18 years, start session of chemptherapy, radiotherapy Tools: two tools used: I) A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet: to assess parent's knowledge and practices regarding to their children with cancer and II) quality of life scale to assess children health with cancer related quality of life. Results: revealed that, more than half of parents had poor knowledge about cancer disease; there was statistically highly significant relation between parents' total knowledge regarding cacer disease and level of quality of life in their children Conclusion: the study concluded that, parents needs for the guideline to support theme in care for children having cancer on their quality of life. Recommendations: the study recommended that: implementation educational programs for parents having children with cancer to keep them update with knowledge and practices for care of their children of parents having children with cancer. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cancer; Children; Parents; Quality of Life | ||
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