Perceptions of changes in clinical, informational, and supportive relationships after end of treatment among parents of young childhood cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents of childhood cancer patients experience changes in relationships with their health-care team as the child transitions from treatment to long-term survivorship (LTS). These changes may affect parent receptivity of survivorship-health-related programs, yet little is known about the experience of changing clinical relationships for parents as treatment ends and children transition into LTS.

Methods

In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 English-speaking parents of childhood cancer survivors less than 13 years old who were greater than 1-year posttreatment. Audiotaped, transcribed interview content was analyzed using emergent themes grouped and refined in a process of multistaged constant comparison.

Results

There was a consensus amo

SUBMITTER: Wilford JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853491 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature