Parental stress when caring for a child with cancer in Jordan: a cross-sectional survey

Rami Masa'Deh; Jacqueline Collier; Carol Hall

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-10-88

Parental stress when caring for a child with cancer in Jordan: a cross-sectional survey

Rami Masa'Deh, Jacqueline Collier, Carol Hall

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Abstract

Most studies report that being parents of a child with cancer is a stressful experience, but these have tended to focus on mothers and few have included both parents. Moreover, studies have focussed on families in Western countries and none have been published examining the psychological outcomes for parents living in an Arabic country.This research explores the stress levels of Jordanian parents caring for a child with cancer in order to identify the psychological needs of parents in this environment and to explore how mothers and fathers stress levels might differ.

Original language	English
Article number	88
Journal	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-88
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2012

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Keywords

Adult
Age Factors
Caregivers
Checklist
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fathers
Female
Humans
Jordan
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers
Neoplasms
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Severity of Illness Index
Social Class
Stress, Psychological

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