Search for dissertations about: "Parents experience of childhood cancer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Parents experience of childhood cancer.

2. 1. Posttraumatic stress among parents of children on cancer treatment: support, care and distress

   Author : Ulrika Pöder; Louise von Essen; Gustaf Ljungman; Ingalill Rahm Hallberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Caring sciences; posttraumatic stress; PTSD; symptoms; emotional support; satisfaction; childhood cancer; parents; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to longitudinally investigate the potential occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among parents of children on cancer treatment (Study I). Additional aims were to describe parents’ perceptions of emotional support and satisfaction with the child’s care (II), perceptions of the child’s symptom burden (III), and parents’ stories about having a child on cancer treatment (IV). READ MORE

4. 2. The loss of a child to cancer : focusing on siblings

   Author : Alexandra Eilegård Wallin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Sweden; Sophiahemmet University College Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Childhood Cancer Research Unit Clinical Cancer Epidemiology The Departments of Oncology and Pathology and Women’s and Children’s Health; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the long-term psychological health consequences in bereaved families of children who have died from cancer, with a focus on the siblings. Further, we investigated if health-care and family related stressors might affect the long-term psychological health in bereaved siblings. READ MORE

5. 3. LIVING WITH CHILDHOOD CANCER - Family Members’ Experiences and Needs

   Author : Maria Björk; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parents; Siblings; Nursing; Child; Family; Childhood Cancer;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate family members’ lived experiences and needs during a child’s cancer trajectory and to describe how the illness and its treatment influence both individuals within the family and the family as a whole. Seventeen families with a child under the age of 13 and newly diagnosed with cancer were followed during the child’s treatment trajectory by means of interviews and observations. READ MORE

6. 4. Stress and coping in parents of children with cancer

   Author : Annika Lindahl Norberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Childhood cancer; parents; disease-related stress; coping; social support; traumatic stress;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to investigate disease-related stress and ways of coping in parents whose children were in active treatment for cancer, or had completed successful cancer treatment. Specifically, the research included examinations of: disease-related stress at various points in time after the child's diagnosis; strain and traumatic stress during and after the child's treatment; the relation of certain demographic and disease-related variables to parental stress; the use of various coping strategies, and the co-variation of coping strategies and level of emotional distress; and the relationships between perceived social support, support-seeking coping, and emotional distress. READ MORE

7. 5. Parental reactions in childhood cancer : distress, risk and resilience

   Author : Eygló Guðmundsdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Parents of children with cancer encounter an exceptionally difficult life experience. Acute and long-lasting distress adds to the initial traumatic experience of being told that a family member suffers from a potentially fatal illness. READ MORE