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Distressing Events for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Child, Parent, an Nurse Perceptions

Kristina Haglund

Inger Skolin

Louise von Essen

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 par ents, 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 treat ment?" Data were analyzed by content analysis. The categories that emerged from the analysis were grouped into a physical and an emotional dimension. The most frequently mentioned aspects of distress referred to the physical dimension: pain resulting from diagnostic procedures and treatments, nausea, and fatigue. The most frequently mentioned physical aspect of distress was, for children 0 to 3, 4 to 7, and 8 to 12 years of age, pain resulting from diagnostic procedures and treatments, and for children 13 years of age, nausea. The most frequently mentioned aspects of distress referred to the emotional dimension were catego rized as confinement, feeling of alienation, and worry before medical procedures. The most frequently mentioned emotional aspect of distress was, for children 0 to 3 years of age, confinement; 4 to 7 years of age, feeling of alienation; 8 to 12 years of age, worry about death; and 13 years of age, changed appearance. For children 0 to 3, 4 to 7, and 13 years of age, aspects of distress of a physical character were mentioned most frequently. For children 8 to 12 years of age, aspects of distress of an emotional character were mentioned most frequently. © 2003 by Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 20, No. 3, 120-132 (2003)
DOI: 10.1053/jpon.2003.76


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