Psychological burden, quality of life, problems, and parental concerns of single mothers with cancer: a cross-sectional comparison.

Purpose: Single motherhood is associated with increased psychosocial risks, affecting both mothers and their minor children. However, little is known about the specific psychosocial impact of maternal cancer in single mothers (SMs). This study compared psychological burden, quality of life, specific problems, and parental concerns between SMs and partnered mothers (PMs) affected by cancer and caring for minor children.

Use of Follow-Up Psycho-Oncology Consultations in Urological Cancer after Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Care.

Introduction: In urological oncology, the physical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment post-discharge highlight the importance of follow-up psycho-oncology consultations. This study examines their utilisation and identifies predictors in urological cancer patients after inpatient care.

Methods: A prospective, single-centre clinical observational study was conducted.

Feasibility of a complex psychosocial intervention for families with parental cancer: acceptability, suitability, implementability, and perceived support.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive psychosocial intervention for families coping with parental cancer.

Methods: A quasi-experimental trial with intervention and control group, employing a mixed-methods approach, was conducted. A total of 472 families affected by parental cancer participated.

Communication patterns in families affected by parental cancer from the healthy parents' perspective-process evaluation of the complex intervention Family-SCOUT.

Purpose: Within families affected by parental cancer, open communication impacts the well-being of parents and their children; however, limited research exists on communication patterns in these families. This sub-study addresses this through the Family-SCOUT study, a multicenter, prospective, interventional, and non-randomized investigation with intervention (IG) and control group (CG). The purpose of this sub-study was to identify and compare the differences in communication patterns between the IG and CG as part of the process evaluation.

Effectiveness of a comprehensive support program for families with parental cancer (Family-SCOUT): results of a multicenter non-randomized controlled trial.

Background: Cancer patients with minor children but also their families suffer from significant psychological distress and comorbidity. Protective factors predicting successful coping are well known. Corresponding systematic interventions are rare and limited by access barriers.