A systematic review on factors and consequences of parental distress as related to childhood cancer.

ABSTRACT: The literature including correlates of parental distress as related to childhood cancer is abundant. It is important to identify predictive factors and outcomes of this distress in parents. The objective of this review was to update previous syntheses on factors of distress and to identify outcomes of parents' distress in the recent literature (2007-2012). We performed a systematic review to identify all quantitative studies including measures of parental distress and associated factors during the study period. We found 56 eligible studies, of which 43 had a Low risk of bias (Cochrane guidelines). Forty-two reports included potential predictive factors. Significant relationships were found with clinical history of the child, sex of the parent, coping response and personal resources, pre-di

SUBMITTER: Sultan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5049674 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature