Longitudinal parental preferences for late effects communication during cancer treatment

Bryan A. Sisk, Katie A. Greenzang, Tammy I. Kang, Jennifer W. Mack

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Abstract

Few studies have investigated parent preferences for late effects communication during pediatric cancer treatment. We used questionnaire data to assess whether parental preferences for late effects information change over the year after diagnosis. Most parents found this information to be very/extremely important at baseline, assessed soon after diagnosis, (94%, 153/162), 4 months (91%, 147/162), and 12 months (96%, 156/163). Similarly, most parents wanted as much detail as possible about late effects at baseline (85%, 141/165), 4 months (87%, 144/165), and 12 months (83%, 137/165). Parents of children with favorable prognoses preferred more details at baseline (OR 2.94, 1.18–7.31, P = 0.02) than parents whose children had less favorable prognoses.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere26760
JournalPediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume65
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2018

Keywords

  • communication
  • late effects
  • parent
  • pediatric oncology
  • survivorship

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