Predicting trajectories of behavioral adjustment in children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Previous research showed that children with cancer are at risk for developing behavioral adjustment problems after successful treatment; however, the course of adjustment remains unclear. This study focuses on adjustment trajectories of children during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and aims to distinguish subgroups of patients showing different trajectories during active treatment, and to identify sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial predictors of the distinct adjustment trajectories.

Methods

In a multicenter longitudinal study, 108 parents of a child (response rate 80 %) diagnosed with ALL were assessed during induction treatment (T0), after induction/consolidation treatment (T1), and after end of treatment (T2). Trajectories of child behav

SUBMITTER: Sint Nicolaas SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5031747 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature