Factors in Parenting Stress in Young Patients With Breast Cancer and Implications for Children's Emotional Development: The PSYCHE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The number of patients with breast cancer who have children is substantial. However, the emotional burden of this disease and its implication for childhood development remain largely unknown.

Objective

To investigate the clinical factors in parenting stress in mothers with breast cancer and the association of maternal depression and parenting stress with their children's emotional development.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study involved a survey of females with stage 0 to 3 breast cancer and was conducted from June 2020 to April 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Participants were aged 20 to 45 years and completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression-Revised scale and basic questionnaires on demographic and clinical characteris

SUBMITTER: Shin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10685886 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature