Psychosocial function of Dutch children with cancer and their caregivers during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic
We compared psychosocial functioning of children with cancer and their caregivers in several phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to before COVID-19. One or more questionnaires on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) or fatigue of children or distress of their caregivers was available from 1644 families. In children with cancer, HRQoL was stable throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Fatigue was slightly lower and sleep somewhat better during the pandemic than before. Caregiver distress was lower in the first pandemic phase, but increased to pre-COVID-19 levels in later phases, indicating that the len... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | posted-content |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Authorea
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| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28641996 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.163256733.38982099/v1 |
We compared psychosocial functioning of children with cancer and their caregivers in several phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to before COVID-19. One or more questionnaires on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) or fatigue of children or distress of their caregivers was available from 1644 families. In children with cancer, HRQoL was stable throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Fatigue was slightly lower and sleep somewhat better during the pandemic than before. Caregiver distress was lower in the first pandemic phase, but increased to pre-COVID-19 levels in later phases, indicating that the length and consequences of the pandemic may be weighing on them.