Nationwide, population-based study of school grades in practical and aesthetic subjects of children treated for brain tumour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children treated for brain tumour (hereafter termed paediatric brain tumour survivors (PBTS)) often need extra support in school because of late-appearing side effects after their treatment. We explored how this group of children perform in the five practical and aesthetic (PRAEST) subjects: home and consumer studies, physical education and health, art, crafts and music.

Methods

In this nationwide population-based study of data from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry and Statistics Sweden, we included 475 children born between 1988 and 1996, diagnosed with a brain tumour before their 15th birthday. We compared their grades in PRAEST subjects with those of 2197 matched controls. We also investigated if there were any differences between girls and boys, children

SUBMITTER: Lonnerblad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073787 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature