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dc.contributor.authorMatziou, Vasiliki N.-
dc.contributor.authorPerdikaris, Pantelis-
dc.contributor.authorFeloni, Dimitra-
dc.contributor.authorMoschovi, Maria A.-
dc.contributor.authorTsoumakas, Konstantinos-
dc.contributor.authorMerkouris, Anastasios-
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-23T09:55:34Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T08:35:39Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T09:37:57Z-
dc.date.available2009-11-23T09:55:34Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-16T08:35:39Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-02T09:37:57Z-
dc.date.issued2008-07-
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Oncology Nursing, vol. 12, iss. 3, pp. 209-216en_US
dc.identifier.issn14623889-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1875-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction The aim of the present study is to (a) describe the level of agreement between reports of health-related quality of life (HRQL) obtained from parents and young patients both on- and off-treatment and (b) explore the factors that may affect the level of agreement in the quality of life (QoL) between young patients and parental proxies. Patients and methods The study group consisted of 149 young patients (77 children and 72 adolescents) with cancer followed up by an oncology in-patient clinic of a Greek children's hospital with one of their parents (n=298). After parental consent was obtained, data were collected using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and a sociodemographic data form. Results The data collection showed that the best agreement was for the physical (ICC=0.82) and the school domains (ICC=0.68), whereas the worst was for the emotional (ICC=0.48) and the social domains (ICC=0.52). In the off-treatment group, the mother's age was a significant predictor of the child–proxy difference on the physical sub-scale (F=9.804, P=0.003). There was a negative relationship between the mother's age and patient proxy difference on the physical sub-scale. In the on-treatment group, the educational level of the father was found to be a significant predictor for the physical (F=4.30, P=0.041), school (F=5.51, P=0.022) and total sub-scales (F=10.41, P=0.002). Parents with basic education tended to have worse agreement with their children's reports on the physical and school sub-scales, while parents with higher education had worse agreement with their children's reports on the total sub-scale. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the children and adolescents with cancer reported better QoL than their parents. The predictors found to be significant need to be examined extensively by further studies.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Oncology Nursingen_US
dc.rights© Elsevieren_US
dc.subjectQuality of lifeen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectParentsen_US
dc.subjectProxyen_US
dc.subjectReportsen_US
dc.subjectAgreementen_US
dc.titleCancer in childhood: Children's and parents’ aspects for quality of lifeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationNational and Kapodistrian University of Athensen_US
dc.collaborationP&A Kyriakou Children's Hospitalen_US
dc.collaborationGeneral Children's Hospital “Agia Sofia”en_US
dc.collaborationHellenic Mediterranean Universityen_US
dc.subject.categoryHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.countryGreeceen_US
dc.subject.fieldMedical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejon.2007.10.005en_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/54en
dc.relation.issue3en_US
dc.relation.volume12en_US
cut.common.academicyear2008-2009en_US
dc.identifier.spage209en_US
dc.identifier.epage216en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1462-3889-
crisitem.journal.publisherElsevier-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-8515-007X-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
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