After treatment ends: psychosocial sequelae in pediatric cancer survivors.
Fifty-two survivors of childhood cancer and their families were assessed by questionnaire and interview to determine survivors' psychosocial status two years or more after treatment. Most were functioning well and serious psychosocial problems were relatively rare. Communication patterns during treatment were most predictive of psychosocial outcome whereas indicators of medical severity were least predictive. The heterogeneity of effective coping styles, appropriate to varied personality types, was noted.
Fritz
Gregory K
GK
Department of Psychiatry.
Williams
Judith R
JR
Department of Psychiatry.
Amylon
Michael
M
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment