"Chemobrain" in childhood cancer survivors-the impact on social, academic, and daily living skills: a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine children's experiences of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment--colloquially "chemobrain"--and the impact on children's social, academic, and daily living skills via a qualitative systematic review. Experiencing chemotherapy as a child, when the brain is still developing, may cause lifelong detriment to survivors' lives. There is a significant gap in understanding their lived experience, including the self-identified barriers that children face following treatment. Such a gap can only be fully bridged by listening to the child's own voice and/or parent proxy report through an exploration of the qualitative research literature.

Methods

A search of MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases was conducted. Inclusion criteria were qualitative studies

SUBMITTER: Semendric I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10444646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature