Child and parental adaptation to pediatric oncology

Vrijmoet-Wiersma, J. (2010)

Doctoral Thesis

In this thesis, determinants, risk and protective factors of parental reactions to childhood cancer are described and research areas that are understudied until now have been identified. Chapter 2 contains a review study on stress and adaptation in parents of pediatric cancer patients. Chapter 3 describes the results of a multicenter study among parents of children with cancer with the aim to evaluate the psychometric qualities of the Dutch version of a disease-related instrument measuring parental stress. Chapter 4 is a review article on parental stress and adaptation among parents of children undergoing stem cell transplantation (SCT). Chapter 5 contains the results of a longitudinal study on child- and parent reported health related quality of life and parenting stress in parents of children undergoing SCT. In Chapter 6, the results of a cross-sectional study on parental stress and perceptions of child vulnerability in parents of children who underwent SCT either 5 or 10 years ago are reported. In Chapter 7, cognitive problems, behavior problems and health related quality of life of children with LCH are described.

• Cancer
• Parents
• Pediatric
• Stress

• All authors: Vrijmoet-Wiersma, J.
• Supervisor: Egeler, R.M.
• Co-supervisor: Grootenhuis, M.A.; Koopman, H.M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University
• Date: 2010-01-14
• ISBN (print): 9789090249223