Emotional distress in parents of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current study investigated the occurrence of emotional distress in parents of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and identified factors associated with parent emotional distress symptoms.

Methods

Parents of 127 long-term survivors of childhood ALL treated on a chemotherapy-only protocol at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital participated in the study. Parents completed standard ratings of emotional distress, caregiver strain, and child physical, emotional, and psychosocial functioning. Multivariable hierarchical linear regression analyses were used to examine associations between symptoms of caregiver strain, survivor functioning, and parent emotional distress. Covariates included parent education, survivor age, survivor sex,

SUBMITTER: Malpert AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4485981 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature