ArticleBMC palliative care2012
Parental palliative cancer: psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life in adolescents participating in a German family counselling service.
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- Impact of Parental Cancer on Children: Differences by Child's Age and Parent's Disease Stage.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Quality of Life of Adolescents Facing a Parental Illness: A Person-Oriented Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The mediating role of coping in the relationship between family function and resilience in adolescents and young adults who have a parent with lung cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being among Adolescent Young Carers in Europe: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The perspectives of children and young people affected by parental life-limiting illness: An integrative review and thematic synthesis.Palliative medicine · 2021Review
- Families Affected by Parental Cancer: Quality of Life, Impact on Children and Psychosocial Care Needs.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children of ill or substance abusing parents: examining factor structure and sub-group differences.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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backgroundParental palliative disease is a family affair, however adolescent's well-being and coping are still rarely considered. The objectives of this paper were a) to identify differences in psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents and young adults with parents suffering from palliative cancer or cancers in other disease stages, b) to relate psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life to adolescent coping, and c) to explore significant mediator and predictor variables.
methodsCross-sectional data were derived from a multi-site research study of families before child-centered counselling. N=86 adolescents and young adults were included, their mean age 13.78 years (sd 2.45), 56% being female. Performed analyses included ANCOVA, multiple linear regression, and mediation analysis.
resultsAdolescents with parents suffering from palliative cancers reported significantly less total psychosocial problems, and better overall HRQoL. There were no significant group differences regarding coping frequency and efficacy. Our set of coping items significantly mediated the effect of parental disease stage on psychosocial problems and HRQoL. Further, parental disease status and general family functioning predicted psychosocial problems (R2adj =.390) and HRQoL (R2adj =.239) best.
conclusionThe study indicates distress among adolescents throughout the entire parental disease process. Our analysis suggests that counselling services could offer supportive interventions which focus particularly on adolescent coping as well as family functioning.
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