Disparities in parental distress in a multicenter clinical trial for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent psychological distress during childhood cancer treatment has short- and long-term implications for parent, child, and family well-being. Identifying targetable predictors of parental distress is essential to inform interventions. We investigated the association between household material hardship (HMH), a modifiable poverty-exposure defined as housing, food, or utility insecurity, and severe psychological distress among parents of children aged 1-17 years with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) enrolled on the multicenter Dana-Farber ALL Consortium Trial 16-001.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of parent-reported data. Parents completed an HMH survey within 32 days of clinical trial enrollment (T0) and again at 6 months into therapy (T1). The primary e

SUBMITTER: Umaretiya PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10560600 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature