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Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of cancer in a child is a stressful experience for the entire family, particularly for adolescent or young adult siblings and their psychosocial needs (PSNs) may remain unfulfilled. The aim of the study was to assess the unfulfilled PSNs of the adolescent siblings of patien...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983980 |
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author | Masoudifar, Zeynab Rassouli, Maryam Ashrafizadeh, Hadis Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh Dadashi, Nasrin Khanali Mojen, Leila |
author_facet | Masoudifar, Zeynab Rassouli, Maryam Ashrafizadeh, Hadis Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh Dadashi, Nasrin Khanali Mojen, Leila |
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description | BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of cancer in a child is a stressful experience for the entire family, particularly for adolescent or young adult siblings and their psychosocial needs (PSNs) may remain unfulfilled. The aim of the study was to assess the unfulfilled PSNs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer in Iran and examine the relationships between demographic and medical variables and PSNs. METHODS: This descriptive analytical study was conducted in 2019 in seven teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Participants were 188 adolescent siblings of patients with cancer. Sampling was performed consecutively. Data were collected using a demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire and the Sibling Cancer Needs Instrument (SCNI). To investigate the relationship between demographic variables and the mean score of PSNs subscales, first, the correlation was determined, and afterward, the significant variables were analyzed using multiple linear regression. RESULTS: In total, 180 adolescent siblings completed the study. Their mean age was 15.66 ± 2.55 years and the mean summary score of their PSNs was 121.15 ± 32.73. Around 80.60% of adolescents indicated at least one unmet need related to each question. The most common unfulfilled needs of participants were related to the information about sibling’s cancer dimension (INFO) (mean: 2.94 ± 0.79) and the less common unfulfilled needs were related to the practical assistance dimension (UFAM) (mean: 2.38 ± 0.93). Based on the regression coefficients, a significant relationship was observed between the mean summary score of PSNs with the duration of cancer (β = –2.199, p = 0.006) and mother’s age (β = –2.805, p = 0.029). CONCLUSION: The adolescent siblings of patients with cancer have different unfulfilled PSNs, particularly respecting information about their siblings’ cancer and support for emotional coping. Family members and healthcare providers should provide these adolescents with strong informational support and fulfill their needs in order to promote their health and their emotional coping. |
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spelling | pubmed-95341792022-10-06 Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors Masoudifar, Zeynab Rassouli, Maryam Ashrafizadeh, Hadis Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh Dadashi, Nasrin Khanali Mojen, Leila Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of cancer in a child is a stressful experience for the entire family, particularly for adolescent or young adult siblings and their psychosocial needs (PSNs) may remain unfulfilled. The aim of the study was to assess the unfulfilled PSNs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer in Iran and examine the relationships between demographic and medical variables and PSNs. METHODS: This descriptive analytical study was conducted in 2019 in seven teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Participants were 188 adolescent siblings of patients with cancer. Sampling was performed consecutively. Data were collected using a demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire and the Sibling Cancer Needs Instrument (SCNI). To investigate the relationship between demographic variables and the mean score of PSNs subscales, first, the correlation was determined, and afterward, the significant variables were analyzed using multiple linear regression. RESULTS: In total, 180 adolescent siblings completed the study. Their mean age was 15.66 ± 2.55 years and the mean summary score of their PSNs was 121.15 ± 32.73. Around 80.60% of adolescents indicated at least one unmet need related to each question. The most common unfulfilled needs of participants were related to the information about sibling’s cancer dimension (INFO) (mean: 2.94 ± 0.79) and the less common unfulfilled needs were related to the practical assistance dimension (UFAM) (mean: 2.38 ± 0.93). Based on the regression coefficients, a significant relationship was observed between the mean summary score of PSNs with the duration of cancer (β = –2.199, p = 0.006) and mother’s age (β = –2.805, p = 0.029). CONCLUSION: The adolescent siblings of patients with cancer have different unfulfilled PSNs, particularly respecting information about their siblings’ cancer and support for emotional coping. Family members and healthcare providers should provide these adolescents with strong informational support and fulfill their needs in order to promote their health and their emotional coping. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9534179/ /pubmed/36211937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983980 Text en Copyright © 2022 Masoudifar, Rassouli, Ashrafizadeh, Fathollah Zadeh, Dadashi and Khanali Mojen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Masoudifar, Zeynab Rassouli, Maryam Ashrafizadeh, Hadis Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh Dadashi, Nasrin Khanali Mojen, Leila Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title | Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title_full | Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title_fullStr | Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title_short | Unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
title_sort | unfulfilled psychosocial needs of the adolescent siblings of patients with cancer and the identification of the related factors |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983980 |
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