Mental health outcomes in parents of children with a cancer diagnosis in Sweden: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis of paediatric cancer is a crisis for the parents who are the primary caregivers of the affected child. A comprehensive assessment of the longitudinal impact of childhood cancer on parental mental health and the potential sex differences between the parents is lacking. Thus, we aimed to explore the subsequent short- and long-term mental health outcomes among the parents of children with cancer and examine whether the outcomes vary between the mother and father.

Methods

By combining several Swedish registers, parents of a child (ages 0-14 years) with a cancer diagnosis between Jan 1, 2006, and Dec 31, 2016 were identified. For each parent of children with cancer, up to five mothers or fathers of cancer-free children were randomly selected and matched,

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature