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Psychosocial Interventions to Relieve Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Family Caregivers of Children With Cancer: A Scoping Review.
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- Phased Traumatic Stress Responses Among Caregivers of Children and Adults Recently Diagnosed with Acute Leukemia: A Grounded Theory Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Associations of Cancer-Related Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Gender With Health Behaviors Among Caregivers of Adult Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Pediatrics advances in 2024: choices in allergy, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, immunology, infectious diseases, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, nutrition, palliative care respiratory tract illnesses, and social media.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Psychosocial Interventions to Relieve Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Family Caregivers of Children With Cancer: A Scoping Review.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Cancer as trauma: multidimensional determinants of PTSD across the disease course. A narrative integrative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- A longitudinal study of the correlation between coping style and post-traumatic growth in children and adolescents with a primary diagnosis of leukemia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTraumatic stress symptoms are common, severe, and persistent in family caregivers of children with cancer, but the benefits of therapeutic interventions to relieve them are not well established.
aimTo review, describe, and appraise the available research on psychosocial interventions aimed at alleviating traumatic stress symptoms in family caregivers of children with cancer.
methodsSystematic searches of APA PsycInfo, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Embase were conducted to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized studies of psychosocial interventions (NRSIs) for families affected by pediatric cancer in which traumatic stress symptoms were reported as a primary or secondary outcome. Results were screened by independent reviewers in duplicate. 18 articles were included. All were evaluated for risk of bias and data on study design, intervention format, delivery, and impact, and were abstracted for narrative synthesis.
resultsStudy samples (8-430 participants) were primarily comprised of mothers of children with acute leukemia. Most interventions (1 day-15 weeks) involved an interventionist (n = 17; 94%) and used cognitive-behavioral techniques (n = 14; 78%). Eight RCTs (n = 10; 80%) and seven NRSIs (n = 8; 87.5%) found a significant reduction in traumatic stress symptoms following intervention delivery, with small to large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.28-1.30). However, only three RCTs confirmed having adequate power to comment on effectiveness. Risk of bias ranged from low to moderate.
conclusionsThe prevalence and problematic nature of traumatic stress symptoms in this population is well documented in the observational literature. However, the evidence remains unclear as to the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to alleviate them due to methodological limitations in current interventional research. High quality RCTs that include a diverse group of family caregivers are needed to demonstrate their effectiveness and to inform clinical care practices aimed at improving family wellbeing.
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