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Standards of psychosocial care for parents of children with cancer

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Kearney, Julia A., Salley, Christina G., Muriel, Anna C.·2015·Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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Parents and caregivers of children with cancer are both resilient and deeply affected by the child's cancer. A systematic review of published research since 1995 identified 138 studies of moderate quality indicating that parent distress increases around diagnosis, then returns to normal levels. Post-traumatic symptoms are common. Distress may be impairing for vulnerable parents and may impact a child's coping and adjustment. Moderate quality evidence and expert consensus informed a strong recommendation for parents and caregivers to receive early and ongoing assessment of their mental health needs with access to appropriate interventions facilitated to optimize parent, child, and family well being.

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  • International standards of care state that parents should have early and ongoing access to psychosocial support and evidence-based interventions throughout their child's cancer trajectory.

    “Given parents’ risk of psychological difficulties, international standards of care state that parents should have early and ongoing access to psychosocial support and evidence-based interventions throughout their child’s cancer trajectory [21].”

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    The Discussion (page unavailable) recommends early and ongoing assessment of parents’ mental health needs and facilitating access to appropriate interventions. It does not specify early and ongoing access to evidence-based interventions throughout the child’s cancer trajectory; it notes that evidence-based interventions are not yet routinely available. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Kearney, J. A., Salley, C. G., & Muriel, A. C.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Kearney, Julia A.
Venue
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-12
Volume
62
Issue
S5
Pages
S632-83
ISSN
  • 1545-5009 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-5017
OpenAlex
W2267098927
Cited by
356
References
132
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2
FWCI
2.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA008748)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
Keywords
psychosocial care, parents of children with cancer, caregiver distress, post-traumatic stress, mental health assessment, early intervention, family well-being, childhood cancer
MeSH terms
Child, Humans, Neoplasms, Parents, Psychology, Stress, Psychological, Standard of Care

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