Health-related quality of life in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study - Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Having a child with cancer can profoundly impact parents' health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, there is a lack of knowledge about the long-term effects of childhood cancer on parents' well-being. The current study aimed to (1) describe the HRQOL of parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS) and compare it with that of parents from the general population in Switzerland, and (2) investigate sociodemographic and cancer-related determinants of lower HRQOL in parents of CCS.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a total of 751 parents of CCS (mean time since diagnosis = 23.7 years, SD = 6.7 years) and 454 parents from the general population reported their HRQOL by completing the Short Form-36 (SF-36v2). Sociodemographic and cancer-related character

SUBMITTER: Kalin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11982166 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature