Burnout in Mothers and Fathers of Children Surviving Brain Tumour

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Annika Lindahl Norberg
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[1] Karolinska Institutet,Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health
[2] Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital Q6:05,Childhood Cancer Research Unit
来源：
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | 2007年 / 14卷
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Parents; Childhood cancer survivors; Burnout; Stress;
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The aim of this paper was to investigate the occurrence of burnout among parents of brain tumour survivors. Burnout was assessed in 24 mothers and 20 fathers of childhood brain tumour survivors, using the Shirom–Melamed Burnout Questionnaire. Parents of children with no history of chronic or serious diseases served as a reference group. Mothers’ burnout scores were significantly higher compared with reference mothers. For fathers, no relation between burnout and being a parent of a brain tumour survivor was established, despite a nonsignificant tendency in the same direction as for the mothers. In conclusion, the parenting burden after a child’s brain tumour may include chronic strain, and this may be particularly taxing for mothers. The findings encourage further studies of psychological exhaustion among parents of children with special needs.
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