title: Social determinants of health and quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to associate the social determinants of health and quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  a cross-sectional study conducted in a paediatric cancer centre in Fortaleza, Brazil, with 176 participants in November and December 2013. Data were collected using a questionnaire with social determinants of health, and quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref. The determinants were correlated with the averages of the quality of life domains using analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  there was a statistically significant association between the domains of social relations and education (p = 0.01792) and between the psychosocial domain and the gender of the caregiver (p = 0.01901). The male caregivers that were highly educated, younger, married, stay-at-home dads from the interior had a better quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the study sheds light on the influence of social determinants of health in the quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rebeca Silveira
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão (FCRS). Quixadá, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Larissa Pereira
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mônica Oliveira Batista
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Oriá
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lorena Barbosa
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ximenes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Karina Bezerra
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Priscila de Souza
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Aquino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D055815:Young Adult