background: in the process of cancer treatment, mothers of children with cancer experience burden of care as a result of these conditions. early detection of burden of care has an important role in promoting health care. the aim of this study was to evaluate burden of care in mothers of children with a malignancy. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done on 70 mothers of child...

OBJECTIVE To examine the adjustment of children of mothers with both active and nonactive breast cancers in comparison with a healthy community control sample. METHODS Participants included 80 mothers and their children. Half of the mothers had breast cancer or a history of breast cancer. Children in both groups ranged in age from 8 to 19 years. Assessments included measures of maternal stres...

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Different forms of dyadic coping are associated with positive outcomes in partner relationships, yet little is known about parent-child relationships. The current research explored the association between and children’s quality life 12–18-year old children a chronic disease (i.e., cystic fibrosis, autoimmune diseases, post-cancer treatment). In sample 105 dyads, self-reported stress communicati...

how to cite this article:  esmaeeli m, erfani sayar r, saghebi a, elmi saghi, rahmani sh, elmi s, rabbani javadi a. screening for depression in hospitalized pediatric patients. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):47-51.   objective in chronically ill children who are hospitalized, many mood changes occur. for example, in children with cancer or renal failure, prolonged hospitalization and ch...

Promote and support breastfeeding is an essential element for the health and development of infants so that, it introduced as most cost-effective intervention to reduce infant mortality in developing countries (1). Breastfeeding has an important role to ensure food security for maintain a healthy and productive life for a large proportion of babies in the world, in addition, it is associated wi...

Child and adolescent cancer patients who use tobacco present challenging management problems for the pediatric dentist. An approach to counseling patients about their oral health risks secondary to their cancer treatment, which can be adversely impacted by tobacco use, is discussed. Strategies for conducting dental examinations with pediatric cancer patients with attention to potential tobacco-...

t d t d b SUMMARY 1. Physicians should inform cancer patients about options for fertility preservation and future reproduction prior to treatment. 2. The only established methods of fertility preservation are sperm cryopreservation in men and embryo cryopreservation in women. 3. Experimental procedures such as oocyte or ovarian tissue cryopreservation should be offered only in a research settin...