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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020

Ambulant health care utilisation among children of childhood cancer survivors in Germany.

T Schuster, E Korte, R Schilling, H Hölling, M Balcerek, Anja Borgmann-Staudt

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

T SchusterDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
E KorteDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
R SchillingDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
H HöllingDivision of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
M BalcerekDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Anja Borgmann-StaudtDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. anja.borgmann@charite.de.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DERobert Koch Institute · DE

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Berlin Institute of health XXXJosé Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung XXXKINDerLEBEN e.V. Berlin XXXMadeleine Schickedanz Kinderkrebsstiftung XXX
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWithin the framework of a questionnaire-based health survey in Germany, we examined ambulant health care utilisation among childhood cancer survivors' offspring compared to utilisation among children of the general population.

methodsIn total, 1299 former patients received a questionnaire for every known biological child in two cross-sectional surveys, 2013/14 (n = 393) and 2015/16 (n = 906). For investigation of health care utilisation, questions on frequencies and kind of ambulant medical services were chosen for bivariate and multivariate analyses. Correlations between utilisation and anxiety, diagnosis of the parent, pain or preterm birth of the child and social indicators were conducted. For comparison with the general population, data of 17,640 children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years were used for matched-pair analysis. These data were available from the KIGGS baseline study on the health of children and adolescents in Germany, conducted by the Robert Koch Institute.

resultsOverall, 852 (65.6%) of the contacted 1299 survivors completed 1340 questionnaires on their children's health. Childhood cancer survivors' offspring showed a similar attendance of ambulant primary health care compared to the general population (paediatricians 83.1% vs. 82.1%). However, the majority of specialist physicians was visited significantly more often (e.g. dermatologist 10.5% vs. 6.2%) by childhood cancer survivors' offspring compared to children from the general population. Logistic regression showed that parental diagnosis and anxiety on children's health significantly influenced health care utilisation.

conclusionsFurther improvement of after-care for childhood cancer survivors by including topics on offspring seems necessary. Offspring's paediatricians should implement counselling and providing of information considering the special family anamnesis.

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AdolescentCancer SurvivorsChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFamilyFemaleGermanyHealth SurveysHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleNeoplasmsParentsAmbulant health care utilisationAnxietyCancer survivor’s offspringChildhood cancer survivors

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