Predictors of parenting stress in parents of children with cancer Çınar, Sevil; Boztepe, Handan; Ay, Ayşe ...
European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society,
October 2021, 2021-10-00, 20211001, Letnik:
54
Journal Article
Recenzirano
In the present study, we investigated the parenting stress experienced by parents of children with cancer and the influencing factors.
This was a cross-sectional and descriptive correlational study ...that consisted of parents of 136 children in the age group of 0–18 years who were followed up for cancer in the outpatient clinics and services of a university hospital in Turkey. Parenting Stress Index, Burden Interview, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Marital Life Satisfaction Scale, and Ways of Coping Questionnaire were used to collect the data.
No statistically significant difference was found between the parenting stress mean scores and gender of the parents of children with cancer (t = −0.350; P = 0.727). The results of the present study showed that the economic status (t = −4.16; P = 0.000), parents’ physical (t = 3.606; P = 0.000) and mental health status after the child is diagnosed (t = 5.647; P = 0.000), accompanying mental health problems of the child (t = 2.567; P = 0.011), and diagnosis of children at a young age (t = −2.776; P = 0.006) increased the parenting stress of the parents.
Nursing interventions can reduce parental stress by providing sufficient care and support during the disease process.
•Financial status, parents’ physical and mental health status increased the parenting stress of the parents.•It is important to apply interventions that will reduce parental stress by providing sufficient care for the disease process.•Healthcare professionals should be trained to understand factors affecting parenting stress.
We evaluated the factors affecting chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in children with cancer.
This cross-sectional study was conducted with 62 children aged 9 to 18 years old with a ...solid tumor who received chemotherapy for the first time, and their parents. Data were collected using a data collection form, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Baxter Retching Faces Scale. Data were analyzed using Spearman's correlation and logistic regression analyses.
Risk factors related to the child, treatment, and parent were examined. Child-related factors were determined as diagnosis (odds ratio OR = 5.5), time since diagnosis (OR = 1.9, OR = 4.7), pretreatment anxiety of the child (r = 0.439, r = 0.422), and past experience of nausea and vomiting before treatment (OR = 1.2). Treatment-related factors involved anti-emetic prophylaxis (OR = 4.9, OR = 9.2). Parent-related factors included pretreatment anxiety of the parent (r = 0.271, r = 0.287), accommodation (OR = 5.5), not eating (OR = 1.2, OR = 1.3), and bad smell (OR = 1.2), which were described amongst parents' as factors that trigger CINV.
The occurrence of CINV is significantly affected by child-, treatment-, and parent-related risk factors.
Pediatric nurses should create an environment for children and their parents to reduce their anxiety and provide basic knowledge and skills about the management of CINV.
•The present study explores the factors affecting chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in children with cancer.•CINV risk factors were examined as child-, treatment-, and parent-related factors.•Child-related factors were diagnosis, pretreatment anxiety, and past experience of nausea and vomiting before treatment.•Treatment-related factor was antiemetic prophylaxis.•Parent-related factors were pretreatment anxiety, accommodation, and the parent's views on the factors that trigger CINV.
