Quality of life of parents with children living at home: when one parent has cancer

Level of Agreement between Children with Asthma and their Parents on Quality of Life

Background: Child-parent agreement is a controversial aspect of measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the agreement between the child self-reports and parent proxy reports of the PedsQL 3.0 Asthma Module in Iranian children with asthma to evaluate HRQoL. Moreover, the psychometric properties of the child and parent repo...

effects of supportive‑educative program on quality of life of adolescents living with a parent with cancer

abstract background: cancer has significant traumatic effects on the family members of the patients, particularly in asia’s tightly knitted families. research evidence suggests a debilitating impact of cancer on the quality of life of the afflicted individuals, their spouses, and their families. since a few studies have been carried out on the quality of life of adolescents living with parents ...

Predictors of Caregiver Burden among Parents of Children with Cancer

Background: Cancer is one of the most common diseases in children. Cancer in children can cause many problems for parents, and impose heavy care burden on them, which can lead to negative health consequences. The aim of this study was to determine caregiving burden and relevant influential factors among parents of children with cancer. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive st...

adolescents’ experiences when living with a parent with cancer: a qualitative study

conclusions this research showed that iranian adolescents had the same experiences as other adolescents in other countries in many aspects yet in some issues, such as religious strategy, they had strong religious beliefs that would help them cope with their parents’ cancer. also it was shown that we must plan a program in which education and support should be provided to enable adolescents to c...

Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Asthma