Impact of childhood cancer on the family: evidence from Bangladesh

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作者
Islam, Md Ziaul [1 ]
Farjana, Sharmin [2 ]
Efa, Syeda Sumaiya [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Prevent & Social Med NIPSOM, Dept Community Med, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
[2] Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
关键词
Childhood cancer; Family; Financial burden; Impact; Mastery; Personal strain; Social impact; Treatment cost; Bangladesh;
D O I
10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06256
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Background: The care of children with cancer creates emotional, financial, and social impacts for their families. Information on the impact of childhood cancer (CC) on the family is scarce in Bangladesh. Thus, the study was set out to assess the impact of CC on the families in the local context. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2018 in three purposively selected tertiary hospitals. All the children diagnosed and treated at those hospitals during the study period were eligible for this study. Children undergoing bone marrow transplantation, or those who were seriously ill, or those transferred to another hospital, or those who died were excluded or whose parents were not willing to participate. A total of 242 children were enrolled in the study and their parents were included in the interview. Measures included socio-demographic attributes, financial burden, personal strain, social impact, mastery, and treatment cost. Informed written consent was obtained from the parents and a face-to-face interview was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire based on (i) About you and your-family and (ii) the Impact-On-Family (IOF) scale. High scores of the scale correlated to high impact. Medical records were reviewed to collect data on the pattern of CC and treatment costs. Results: Major CCs included leukemia (36.0%), blastoma (18.2%), sarcoma (14.9%), and lymphoma (12.4%). The weighted score was highest for mastery (3.63) followed by financial burden (3.33), personal strain (3.27), and social impact (3.21) domains. The difference of IOFS score was significant by family type (p < 0.05), father's occupation (p < 0.05), type (p < 0.01) and duration of cancer (p < 0.01), and treatment cost (p.0.01). Families adopted diverse coping strategies including changed lifestyle (98.3%), sought social support (86.0%), rely more on religion (98.8%), and reduced family investment (83.9%) to adjust the impact. Conclusion: The impact of CC on the family is evident at many levels. In particular, mean scores of financial burden, personal strain, social impact, and mastery domains of the IOF scale were significantly associated with the employment status of parents, residing place, treatment cost, type, and duration of cancer. The study findings could contribute to devising impact-reducing intervention programs in Bangladesh.
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