Journal article
Impact of Caring for a Child With Cancer on Parents’ Health-Related Quality of Life
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the health-related quality of life (QOL) of parents of children who are undergoing treatment for cancer with that of Canadian population norms and to identify important parent and child predictors of parental QOL.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 411 respondents of 513 eligible parents were recruited from five pediatric oncology centers in Canada between November 2004 and February 2007. Parents were asked to complete a …
Authors
Klassen AF; Klaassen R; Dix D; Pritchard S; Yanofsky R; O'Donnell M; Scott A; Sung L
Journal
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 26, No. 36, pp. 5884–5889
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
December 20, 2008
DOI
10.1200/jco.2007.15.2835
ISSN
0732-183X