Caregiver self-efficacy providing nutritional support for pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant is associated with psychosocial factors.

Introduction: Caregiver self-efficacy in providing nutritional support to pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients has been little studied despite the increased risk of these children potentially being over- or under-nourished after HSCT, and nutritional status could possibly affect treatment outcomes. The current study aimed to describe caregiver dietary self-efficacy and its associated psychosocial factors and barriers to following dietary recommendations.

Methods: Caregivers completed questionnaires pre-HSCT and 30 days, 100 days, and one year post-HSCT.

Activism, Coping, and Hopefulness Among Parents of Children With Cancer.

Coping styles employed by parents of children with cancer have significant implications for parents' and children's well-being. To supplement the minimal literature in this area, activism (participation in activities that serve to benefit children with cancer as a group) was investigated as a potential coping strategy. Parents (= 67) of children with cancer completed an online survey that included measures of COPE inventory (COPE), hopefulness (Adult Hope Scale), and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9-item).

Health Information Technology Utilization by Adolescent and Young Adult Aged Inpatients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

This longitudinal study examined feasibility of "Roadmap 1.0," a modular health information application integrated with the electronic medical record, provided to 30 adolescent and young adult (AYA) inpatients 11-24 years of age undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Feasibility was demonstrated: 70% accessed the application.