title: Health-related quality of life in parents of pediatric brain tumor survivors at the end of tumor-directed therapy.
abstract: This study examines theoretical covariates of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in parents of pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS) following completion of tumor-directed therapy.
  
  
  
  Fifty PBTS (ages 6-16) completed measures of neurocognitive functioning and their parents completed measures of family, survivor, and parent functioning.
  
  
  
  Caregiving demand, caregiver competence, and coping/supportive factors were associated with parental physical and psychosocial HRQL, when controlling for significant background and child characteristics.
  
  
  
  Study findings can inform interventions to strengthen caregiver competence and family functioning following the completion of treatment, which may improve both parent and survivor outcomes.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Lauren F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Quast
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Elise M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: McCurdy
authors.affiliation: a Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA , USA.|c Division of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hocking
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: cancer; caregiving; family functioning; oncology; parents; quality of life