Disagreement between mothers' and fathers' rating of health-related quality of life in children with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Serial assessment of health condition based on self-report made by children and their proxies has consistently shown a lack of congruence. The study explored the discrepancies between mother's, father's, and children's reports on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during the first two months of pediatric cancer treatment.

Methods

In this cohort study, children and parents completed the generic and cancer-specific Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory (PedsQL) questionnaires at initial diagnosis and in the subsequent months. Evaluation of discrepancies included intraclass correlations between mother-child and father-child dyads at different domain levels.

Results

Thirty-six children with a diagnosis of cancer between May 2020 and November 2021 and their paren

SUBMITTER: Meryk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature