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01-12-2021 | Mood Disorders | Research article

Hope level and associated factors among parents of retinoblastoma patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Changjuan Zeng, Wenting Cao, Ting Zhao, Li Li, Lili Hou

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global public health emergency. So far, only a limited number of studies have investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pneumonia pandemic on the mental health of parents having children with cancer. This study investigated the hope, and relevant influencing factors (depression, anxiety, demographic data) among parents whose children had retinoblastoma (RB) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey and a convenient sampling survey were conducted on 317 parents of RB children admitted to the Ninth People’s Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, and Qilu Children’s Hospital of Shandong University. The survey tools included Demographic Questionnaire, Herth Hope Index (HHI), The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ)-2.

Results

The hope level score of the parents of RB patients was (35.36 ± 4.42), which was at the medium level. The highest dimension of hope score was inner positive readiness and expectancy (12.07 ± 1.57), and the lowest dimension was interconnectedness with self and others (11.50 ± 1.64). The incidence rate of depression and anxiety was 29.97% (95/317) and 41.32% (131/317), respectively. Monoculus or binoculus disease, sleep status, health status, and depression /anxiety had statistically significant effects on the parental hope level (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that time since diagnosis, education level, treatment type and depression were independent influencing factors (p < 0.05), accounting for 22.60% of the variation in hope level.

Conclusion

During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical staff should formulate targeted intervention measures according to different characteristics of ocular disease, time since diagnosis, treatment type, parental educational level and emotional state in order to improve the level of parental hope.

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Title: Hope level and associated factors among parents of retinoblastoma patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Changjuan Zeng
Wenting Cao
Ting Zhao
Li Li
Lili Hou
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Mood Disorders
Retinoblastoma
Affective Disorder
COVID-19
Retinoblastoma
Anxiety
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03401-0

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