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Quality of Life of Parents Having Cancer and Non-Cancer Children:A Comparative Study


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1 Assistant Prof., Pediatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
2 Assistant Prof., Community Health Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
3 Assistant Prof., Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
     

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Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause among children and the child and parents suffering from cancer also exhibit side effects of chemotherapy. The present study aimed to examine the issues with the quality of life of the parents having children with cancer as compared to those having children without cancer.

Methods: This is an investigative and descriptive study that included a sample of 300 parents along with their children with cancer; registered to the Hiwa Oncology Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq and 300 other parents with their non-cancerous children; visited Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq. A questionnaire elaborated by the authors and the quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was applied.

Results: The biggest difference between the overall quality of life of a parent with child with cancer and the parent without a child with cancer, the majority of the mothers and fathers in the control group, their quality of life fall between high to very high than the case group.

Conclusion: Thus, this study indicated the need for parental support while providing intervention to the child with cancer.


Keywords

Quality of Life, Parents, Children, Cancer.
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Authors

Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem
Assistant Prof., Pediatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Zhian Salah Ramzi
Assistant Prof., Community Health Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Jamal Ahmad Rashid
Assistant Prof., Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Abstract


Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause among children and the child and parents suffering from cancer also exhibit side effects of chemotherapy. The present study aimed to examine the issues with the quality of life of the parents having children with cancer as compared to those having children without cancer.

Methods: This is an investigative and descriptive study that included a sample of 300 parents along with their children with cancer; registered to the Hiwa Oncology Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq and 300 other parents with their non-cancerous children; visited Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq. A questionnaire elaborated by the authors and the quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was applied.

Results: The biggest difference between the overall quality of life of a parent with child with cancer and the parent without a child with cancer, the majority of the mothers and fathers in the control group, their quality of life fall between high to very high than the case group.

Conclusion: Thus, this study indicated the need for parental support while providing intervention to the child with cancer.


Keywords


Quality of Life, Parents, Children, Cancer.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.37506/v20%2Fi1%2F2020%2Fmlu%2F194451