Family adjustment to childhood cancer: A systematic review

KA Long, AL Marsland - Clinical child and family psychology review, 2011 - Springer
This systematic review integrates qualitative and quantitative research findings regarding
family changes in the context of childhood cancer. Twenty-eight quantitative, 42 qualitative …

Supporting siblings as a standard of care in pediatric oncology

CA Gerhardt, V Lehmann, KA Long… - Pediatric blood & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, evidence is provided for supporting siblings as a standard of care in pediatric
oncology. Using Medline, PsycInfo, and CINAHL, a systematic search of articles published …

Experiences of young children with cancer and their parents with nurses' caring practices during the cancer trajectory

K Enskär, L Darcy, M Björk… - Journal of pediatric …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Children with cancer require repeated hospitalizations and the family's everyday life and
routines undergo change. Concrete descriptions of how nurses act when caring for children …

Methodological developments in qualitative longitudinal research: the advantages and challenges of regular telephone contact with participants in a qualitative …

E Carduff, SA Murray, M Kendall - BMC research notes, 2015 - Springer
Background Qualitative longitudinal research is an evolving methodology, particularly within
health care research. It facilitates a nuanced understanding of how phenomena change over …

A Qualitative analysis of the experiences of young patients and caregivers confronting pediatric and adolescent oncology diagnosis

I Testoni, AE Nicoletti, M Moscato… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological studies show that new cases of young oncology patients are increasing by
400,000 every year. Psychological literature has shown that receiving an oncological …

An everyday struggle—Swedish families' lived experiences during a child's cancer treatment

M Björk, T Wiebe, I Hallström - Journal of pediatric nursing, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim was to elucidate families' lived experience during a child's cancer treatment.
Interviews were conducted with members of 11 affected families. A hermeneutical …

[HTML][HTML] The complexity of symptoms and problems experienced in children with cancer: a review of the literature

CM Ruland, GA Hamilton, B Schjødt-Osmo - Journal of pain and symptom …, 2009 - Elsevier
To adequately help children with cancer, care providers need to understand the complexity
of symptoms and problems associated with the illness that children are experiencing, which …

Predictors of anxiety and resilience in adolescents undergoing cancer treatment

LM Wu, JM Sheen, HL Shu, SC Chang… - Journal of advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. To report a study examining the relationships among co**, anxiety and resilience
and to identify predictors of anxiety and resilience in adolescents undergoing cancer …

Young children's experiences of living an everyday life with cancer–A three year interview study

L Darcy, K Enskär, M Björk - European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The young child's experiences of living with cancer are crucial to providing
evidence based care. This study explores and describes experiences of everyday life of …

Parental experience of childhood cancer using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

R Schweitzer, M Griffiths, P Yates - Psychology & health, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Whilst survival rates for childhood cancer have improved dramatically over the past three
decades, it is still a devastating diagnosis for family members and an illness which severely …