title: Comparison of Chinese and Caucasian families caregiving to children with cancer at home: Part I.
abstract: This 1-year, longitudinal comparative study of Chinese and Caucasian family caregiving for a child with cancer is reported in two parts. Part I describes data obtained from the initial interviews at diagnosis with Chinese and Caucasian families. Interviews revealed that Chinese families use supplemental care methods, Chinese families have fewer resources and are more isolated; Caucasian families emphasize emotional care; and family emotional coping patterns differed between the two groups. Measures of functional status of the child, the impact of the child's illness on the family, the symptomatic responses of the parents to the child's illness, and patterns of caregiving were also analyzed over the first year after diagnosis. There were no statistical differences between ethnic groups. General health was lower for the children with cancer than for chronically ill children. Part II reports on the results from the two following interviews during the first year after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Martinson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leavitt
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hornberger
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D002140:California; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People