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Conference Paper: Coping strategies used by children hospitalized with cancer: An exploratory study
Title | Coping strategies used by children hospitalized with cancer: An exploratory study |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5807 |
Citation | 16th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy: Integrating psycho-oncology into mainstream cancer care: From research to action, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-24 October 2014. In Psycho-Oncology, 2014, v. 23 n. Suppl. s3, p. 284 How to Cite? |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The treatment of cancer is a stressful and threatening experience, particularly for children. Knowing how children cope with cancer is a crucial step toward designing appropriate
psychological interventions that help them ease the burden of cancer treatment. The purpose of this
study was to examine the coping strategies used by Chinese children hospitalized with cancer, an area
of research that is under-represented in the existing literature. METHOD: Hong Kong Chinese children
(9–16-year olds) admitted for cancer treatment to the pediatric oncology units of two different regional acute public hospitals were invited to participate. A short one-to-one structured interview was conducted with each participant. Content analysis was conducted to analyze the interview data. RESULTS: A convenience sample of 88 children was recruited and participated in the interviews during an 8-month period. The coping strategies used by Chinese children hospitalized with cancer did not differ according to gender and diagnosis, but only according to age, with younger children using less problem-focused and more emotion-focused coping strategies than older children. The overall results indicated that 30% of these Chinese patients used problem-focused coping strategies, while 70% used emotion-focused coping. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study indicated that children use different coping strategies at different developmental stages. The study also revealed that Chinese children used more emotionfocused than problem-focused coping strategies than their Western counterparts. RESEARCH
IMPLICATIONS: Future studies are needed to explore whether cancer children would use either
problem- or emotion-focused coping, or both, during the course of stress event, by taking into more
personal and situational factors in data analysis. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The information derived from this study will help health-care professionals design and shape appropriate psychological interventions that can help reduce the burden of cancer treatment. |
Description | Poster Abstract: no. P2-0408 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/248867 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.136 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ho, EKY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, WHC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-18T08:49:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-18T08:49:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 16th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy: Integrating psycho-oncology into mainstream cancer care: From research to action, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-24 October 2014. In Psycho-Oncology, 2014, v. 23 n. Suppl. s3, p. 284 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1057-9249 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/248867 | - |
dc.description | Poster Abstract: no. P2-0408 | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The treatment of cancer is a stressful and threatening experience, particularly for children. Knowing how children cope with cancer is a crucial step toward designing appropriate psychological interventions that help them ease the burden of cancer treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the coping strategies used by Chinese children hospitalized with cancer, an area of research that is under-represented in the existing literature. METHOD: Hong Kong Chinese children (9–16-year olds) admitted for cancer treatment to the pediatric oncology units of two different regional acute public hospitals were invited to participate. A short one-to-one structured interview was conducted with each participant. Content analysis was conducted to analyze the interview data. RESULTS: A convenience sample of 88 children was recruited and participated in the interviews during an 8-month period. The coping strategies used by Chinese children hospitalized with cancer did not differ according to gender and diagnosis, but only according to age, with younger children using less problem-focused and more emotion-focused coping strategies than older children. The overall results indicated that 30% of these Chinese patients used problem-focused coping strategies, while 70% used emotion-focused coping. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study indicated that children use different coping strategies at different developmental stages. The study also revealed that Chinese children used more emotionfocused than problem-focused coping strategies than their Western counterparts. RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS: Future studies are needed to explore whether cancer children would use either problem- or emotion-focused coping, or both, during the course of stress event, by taking into more personal and situational factors in data analysis. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The information derived from this study will help health-care professionals design and shape appropriate psychological interventions that can help reduce the burden of cancer treatment. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5807 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | 16th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy | - |
dc.rights | Psycho-Oncology. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | - |
dc.title | Coping strategies used by children hospitalized with cancer: An exploratory study | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, WHC: william3@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, WHC=rp00528 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1099-1611.2014.3696 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 281853 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | Suppl. s3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 284 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 284 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000344003700006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.customcontrol.immutable | jt 2017-11-02 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1057-9249 | - |