Overprotection and the psychological states of cerebral palsy patients and their caretakers in Hong Kong: a preliminary report.

Objective: To examine the relation between perceived overprotection and the psychological states of cerebral palsy patients and their primary caretakers in Hong Kong.

Design: Cross-sectional survey, in which data of 14 pairs of cerebral palsy patients and their caretakers were analysed.

Setting: Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital, Hong Kong.

White matter anisotropy in post-treatment childhood cancer survivors: preliminary evidence of association with neurocognitive function.

Purpose: We aim to determine if the loss of white matter fractional anisotropy (FA), measured by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI), in post-treatment childhood medulloblastoma (MED) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors correlate with intelligence quotient (IQ) scores.

Materials And Methods: MED and ALL survivors (n = 30; 20 male, 10 female; age range, 6.0 to 22.

Effect of individual psychological intervention in Chinese women with gynecologic malignancy: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of psychological intervention in the care of cancer patients and to determine whether routine use of individual psychological therapies is indicated.

Patients And Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed gynecologic malignancies from August 1999 to November 2000 were recruited and randomly assigned to either a control group receiving routine medical care or to an intervention group receiving individual psychotherapy. A set of fixed-choice, self-report questionnaires assessing the patients' psychological status, quality of life, and their perceptions related to the medical consultations was completed at recruitment and then every 3 months for 18 months.