Exploring the Barriers to Social Support Interactions: A Qualitative Study of Young Adult Cancer Patients and Young Adult Supporters.

This study explores the reasons why young adults (ages 18-39) struggle to provide or avoid providing support to young adult cancer patients. The study also explores young adult cancer patients' perceptions of why they have not received support from individuals who did not provide support. A total of 722 reasons were collected through online surveys and analyzed: 438 were provided by young adults who knew a young adult with cancer ( = 131), and young adult cancer patients ( = 111) provided 284 reasons why they believe they did not receive support.

Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology, Version 2.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

This selection from the NCCN Guidelines for Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology focuses on considerations for the comprehensive care of AYA patients with cancer. Compared with older adults with cancer, AYA patients have unique needs regarding treatment, fertility counseling, psychosocial and behavioral issues, and supportive care services. The complete version of the NCCN Guidelines for Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology addresses additional aspects of caring for AYA patients, including risk factors, screening, diagnosis, and survivorship.

The Role of Social Support in Adolescent/Young Adults Coping with Cancer Treatment.

Adolescents/young-adult (AYA) cancer patients are a psychosocially at-risk group as they are often less well-studied than other age cancer cohorts. Therefore, they experience disparities in access to developmentally informed treatment. Social support has been determined as an important aspect of AYAs' cancer experience, but additional research was needed to describe specific behaviors AYAs found helpful and to explore how AYAs seek opportunities for additional support.

Hope as a Predictor of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Following Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis.

Objective: To examine hope and its components of agency and pathways as predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms in children receiving cancer treatment.

Methods: Sixty patients (mean standard deviation age = 13.3 (2.

Hoping Is Coping: A Guiding Theoretical Framework for Promoting Coping and Adjustment Following Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis.

Objective: To determine the pattern of resilience and adjustment following pediatric cancer diagnosis and to evaluate hope as a mediator of adjustment.

Methods: 61 participants with pediatric cancer completed measures of hope, depression, anxiety, and quality of life (QoL) within 4 weeks of cancer diagnosis and every 3 months for 1 year.

Results: Participants showed high and increasing levels of hope and QoL, as well as low and decreasing levels of depression and anxiety.

Ya gotta have friends: social support and self-efficacy predict success following immersion treatment.

Objective: This study examined the impact of perceived social support and self-efficacy on predicting success in weight management following immersion treatment of adolescent obesity.

Methods: 198 overweight and obese adolescents (M% overweight = 81.4%; M BMI = 36.

Back pain among long-term survivors of childhood leukemia.

Background: The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence and relative risk (RR) of back pain and identify possible mechanisms of back pain among childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors.

Methods: Surveys were mailed to 5 + -year survivors of childhood ALL aged 13 to 25 years. Survivors' siblings were also invited to participate in the study.

The development and evaluation of a portion plate for youth: a pilot study.

Objective: To develop and evaluate a portion plate for adolescents (Nutri-plate).

Methods: Sixteen African American adolescents (mean age = 12.94 years; 66% male) were randomized to participate in either plate design or nutrition education sessions.

Efficacy of a screening procedure to identify potentially disruptive participants in an immersion program for the treatment of adolescent obesity.

Background: This study examined the efficacy of the red flag screening procedure, an approach used in a largescale immersion program for the treatment of adolescent obesity (Wellspring Camps). The intention of the red flag screening was to screen out potentially highly disruptive applicants, provide an impetus for additional support when high-risk campers were admitted, and help parents develop appropriate expectations. When compared to non-flagged peers, red-flagged campers who attended camp were expected to be sent home early more frequently.

Long-term evaluation of multi-disciplinary treatment of morbid obesity in low-income minority adolescents: La Rabida Children's Hospital's FitMatters program.

Purpose: Long-term evaluation of an empirically based program for the treatment of morbidly obese, low-income, minority adolescents.

Methods: In the first year, 150 participants received cognitive-behavior therapy, nutritional education, medical monitoring, and structured exercise training. Weights and heights were collected at follow-up.

Child and parental self-monitoring as determinants of success in the treatment of morbid obesity in low-income minority children.

Objective: To examine self-monitoring by children and parents as related to weight control over 6 months within a long-term multidisciplinary program for low-income minority children with morbid obesity.

Methods: The weight changes of 228 children with obesity were evaluated according to frequency of child and parental self-monitoring. Predictors of self-monitoring were also evaluated.

Treatment of morbid obesity in low-income adolescents: effects of parental self-monitoring.

Objective: This study examined the extent to which consistency of self-monitoring by participants and their parents was related to weight control over an initial period of 3 months within the context of a treatment program for morbidly obese low-income minority adolescents.

Research Methods And Procedures: Eighty-three obese adolescents (mean age, 13.0 years; 51% boys; 92% African American; mean BMI, 43.