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Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study

INTRODUCTION: Parents’ caring responsibilities lead to imbalances in roles, functions, and emotions, confronting them with new needs that, if left unaddressed, have adverse consequences for the lives of all family members. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the significant unmet needs of the mo...

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Autores principales: Khanali Mojen, Leila, Rassouli, Maryam, Ashrafizadeh, Hadis, Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh, Dadashi, Nasrin, Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat, Pourazarhagh, Parand, Nasrabadi, Tahereh
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964424
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author Khanali Mojen, Leila
Rassouli, Maryam
Ashrafizadeh, Hadis
Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh
Dadashi, Nasrin
Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat
Pourazarhagh, Parand
Nasrabadi, Tahereh
author_facet Khanali Mojen, Leila
Rassouli, Maryam
Ashrafizadeh, Hadis
Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh
Dadashi, Nasrin
Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat
Pourazarhagh, Parand
Nasrabadi, Tahereh
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description INTRODUCTION: Parents’ caring responsibilities lead to imbalances in roles, functions, and emotions, confronting them with new needs that, if left unaddressed, have adverse consequences for the lives of all family members. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the significant unmet needs of the mothers of the children with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran in 2019–2020 on 215 mothers of the children with cancer visiting the hospitals affiliated with medical universities. The study population was selected through convenience sampling method and according to the inclusion criteria. The FIN questionnaire consisting of two subscales, FIN-Import and FIN-Fulfillment, with 40 items, was used to collect data. RESULTS: The mean age of the mothers participating in the study was 34.77 ± 7.91 years, and the mean age of the children with cancer was 9.77 ± 14.37 years. The mean scores of FIN-Import and FIN-Fulfillment were 92.88 ± 7.97 and 70.82 ± 17.89, respectively. The phrase “To know the facts concerning my child’s prognosis” with 23%, and the phrase “To be told about the people who could help with problems” with 22.8% were the most common unmet needs reported by the parents. CONCLUSION: The present study indicated that caring for a child with cancer had confronted mothers with new needs to be met; however, not all of these needs had been satisfied. Awareness about the unmet needs of these mothers and planning to manage those needs can lay the groundwork to improve their health.
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spelling pubmed-95410992022-10-08 Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study Khanali Mojen, Leila Rassouli, Maryam Ashrafizadeh, Hadis Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh Dadashi, Nasrin Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat Pourazarhagh, Parand Nasrabadi, Tahereh Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: Parents’ caring responsibilities lead to imbalances in roles, functions, and emotions, confronting them with new needs that, if left unaddressed, have adverse consequences for the lives of all family members. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the significant unmet needs of the mothers of the children with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran in 2019–2020 on 215 mothers of the children with cancer visiting the hospitals affiliated with medical universities. The study population was selected through convenience sampling method and according to the inclusion criteria. The FIN questionnaire consisting of two subscales, FIN-Import and FIN-Fulfillment, with 40 items, was used to collect data. RESULTS: The mean age of the mothers participating in the study was 34.77 ± 7.91 years, and the mean age of the children with cancer was 9.77 ± 14.37 years. The mean scores of FIN-Import and FIN-Fulfillment were 92.88 ± 7.97 and 70.82 ± 17.89, respectively. The phrase “To know the facts concerning my child’s prognosis” with 23%, and the phrase “To be told about the people who could help with problems” with 22.8% were the most common unmet needs reported by the parents. CONCLUSION: The present study indicated that caring for a child with cancer had confronted mothers with new needs to be met; however, not all of these needs had been satisfied. Awareness about the unmet needs of these mothers and planning to manage those needs can lay the groundwork to improve their health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9541099/ /pubmed/36211837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964424 Text en Copyright © 2022 Khanali Mojen, Rassouli, Ashrafizadeh, Fathollah Zadeh, Dadashi, Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Pourazarhagh and Nasrabadi. 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
Khanali Mojen, Leila
Rassouli, Maryam
Ashrafizadeh, Hadis
Fathollah Zadeh, Ensieh
Dadashi, Nasrin
Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat
Pourazarhagh, Parand
Nasrabadi, Tahereh
Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title_full Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title_fullStr Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title_full_unstemmed Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title_short Unmet needs of the Iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: A descriptive-correlational study
title_sort unmet needs of the iranian mothers of the children with cancer and the identification of the related factors: a descriptive-correlational study
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964424
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