Quality of life among pediatric patients with cancer: Contributions of time since diagnosis and parental chronic stress

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1232-1236

  Hamner, Taralee ^a   Latzman, Robert D ^a   Latzman, Natasha E ^b   Elkin, T David ^c   Majumdar, Suvankar ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Parental stress; Pediatric cancer; Quality of life; Time since diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL CHRONIC STRESS; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL FUNCTIONING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME; TIME SINCE DIAGNOSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84929347299     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25468     Document Type: Article

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