Are nurses and physicians able to assess which strategies adolescents recently diagnosed with cancer use to cope with disease- and treatment-related distress?

Purpose: It was examined whether nurses and physicians are able to identify whether adolescents with cancer have used certain strategies to cope with disease- and treatment-related distress.

Method: Adolescents (N = 48) were asked whether they had used a number of strategies to cope with disease- and treatment-related distress and, if so, the extent to which they had used these. Nurses and physicians were asked to answer the same questions on behalf of a certain adolescent.

Altered food intake and taste perception in children with cancer after start of chemotherapy: perspectives of children, parents and nurses.

Goals Of Work: The purpose of this study was to better understand various variables related to food intake and eating problems in children with cancer during their chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-two consecutively admitted children, diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, participated in this study. Twenty-one of them, their parents and attending nurses participated in semi-structured interviews.

Distressing and positive experiences and important aspects of care for adolescents treated for cancer. Adolescent and nurse perceptions.

Distressing and positive experiences for adolescents with cancer with regard to being told the diagnosis, receiving chemotherapy and being admitted to the ward, and important aspects of care for adolescents with cancer was investigated. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with 23 adolescents and 21 nurses, and analysed by content analysis. The findings indicate that cancer during adolescence is connected with a range of negative experiences such as fears of alienation, fears of altered appearance, fears of dying, and various physical concerns.

Important aspects of care and assistance for parents of children, 0-18 years of age, on or off treatment for cancer. Parent and nurse perceptions.

Important aspects of care and assistance for parents of children (0-18 years) diagnosed with cancer were investigated. Parents (N=114) and nurses (N=121) were asked the following questions: 'What caring aspects are important for you/the parent to feel cared for?' and 'What help, if any, do you/the parent need outside the hospital?' Nurses were asked to answer for a certain parent. Data were analyzed by content analysis.

Distressing events for children and adolescents with cancer: child, parent, and nurse perceptions.

Distressing events for children with cancer (N = 121), 0 to 19 years of age, were investigated. Data were gathered through interviews with 50 children, 65 parents, and 118 nurses. Each participant was asked: "Has there been any especially distressing event for you/your child/the child with regard to disease and treatment?" Data were analyzed by content analysis.