PURPOSE
This study was done to provide basic data for developing nursing interventions to enhance quality of life of pediatric patients with cancer (children and adolescents) by examining the quality of life and related factors.
METHODS
Participants were 134; 67 pediatric patients and 67 parents. The PedsQL(TM) 3.0 Cancer Module was employed to measure quality of life in the participants. The related factors included general and clinical characteristics of the participants.
RESULTS
Mean score for quality of life in the patients was 75.07, and mean score for patient quality of life as perceived by their parents was 64.40. Among the quality of life subscales, treatment anxiety had the highest score whereas nausea had the lowest score. Mean score in adolescent patients (13-18 years of age) was 71.62, lower than the 78.04 for child patients (8-12 years of age). Regarding general and clinical characteristics of the participants, there were no significant differences in the scores.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that there is difference in perception of quality of life between patients and their parents, and between children and adolescents and these differences should be taken into account when planning and providing nursing care.

Citations

• The Effects of Illness Cognition on Resilience and Quality of Life in Korean Adolescents and Young Adults with Leukemia
  Ju-Young Lee, Dae-Chul Jeong, Nack-Gyun Chung, Sunhee Lee
  Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology.2019; 8(5): 610.     CrossRef
• A Validation Study of Child Health-6 Dimension (CH-6D), a Generic Preference-Based Health-Related Quality of Life Measure
  강은정, 한겨레
  JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MATERNAL AND CHIL.2018; 22(1): 53.     CrossRef
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  Eun Hee Lim, Hyeon Ok Ju
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 37.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Perceived Parental Rearing Behaviors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents with Leukemia
  Dong Hee Kim, Nack-Gyun Chung, Sunhee Lee
  Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing.2015; 32(5): 295.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
To determine the effects of hand massage on nausea and vomiting, and anxiety in children with lymphocytic leukemia receiving high dose chemotherapy.
METHOD
The children were assigned to an experimental group(15) or a control group(15). All of the children were diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and admitted for high dose chemotherapy at C University Medical Center in Seoul. The hand massage was performed for 10 minutes twice a day over three days. To measure the effects of hand massage, the Index of Nausea and Vomiting by Rhodes et al. and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for children by Spielberger were used. The level of anxiety was measured by systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and pulse rate.
RESULTS
The score for nausea and vomiting decreased in the experimental group. State anxiety for the experimental group was significantly more positive than for the control group at the 2nd measurement. There was a significant difference in systolic blood pressure between the two groups. The level of diastolic blood pressure in the two groups decreased significantly over time.
CONCLUSION
Hand massage could be effective in decreasing nausea and vomiting, state anxiety, pulse rate and blood pressure in children with acute leukemia receiving high dose chemotherapy.