Investigation of Time and Effort Required for Care Activities among Parents of Children with Cancer in Pediatric Educational Treatment Center
سال انتشار: 1397
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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ISMOH17_059
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 10 اردیبهشت 1398
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Introduction:Caring for children with chronic diseases, such as cancer, can impose lots of responsibilities on parents. The present study aimed to investigate time and effort required for care activities among parents of children with cancer in pediatric educational treatment center, Tabriz, Iran.Methods:In this descriptive comparative study, parents of 150 children with cancer who were under treatment in pediatric teaching hospital in Tabriz were selected through convenience sampling. Care of My Child with Cancer questionnaire was used to measure the time and effort spent on taking care of children. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings:The most difficult and time-consuming tasks were physical care activities and usual care for the ill child and other children for the mothers, but emotional factors, information, communication needs, and maintaining family performance while facing disease and treatment for the fathers.Conclusions: The study findings emphasized the effect of childhood cancer on families. While taking care of patients physically, mothers can be provided with information about the disease, treatment, and child care so as to reduce part of their care burden. Besides, supportive interventions can be used to decrease the fathers’ emotional care burden.
نویسندگان
Leila Valizadeh
Professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Fat emeh Joonbakhsh
Instructor, Department ofPediatric Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abbasali HosseinPour Feizi
Professor, Department of Pediatric (oncology and hematology), Faculty of medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran