Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress 2023 EHA Congress 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Supportive Care in Cancer
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Original Article

Levels of unmet needs among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) impacted by parental cancer

Authors: Marjan Ghofrani, Lida Nikfarid, Manijheh Nourian, Maliheh Nasiri, Mahindokhat Saiadynia

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 1/2019

Login to get access

Abstract

Purpose

In this study, we aim to assess types and levels of psychosocial needs in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who have a parent with cancer. And define and describe the variables analyzing the demographic characteristics.

Methods

This descriptive study with cross-sectional design was conducted on 217 participants from five hospitals in Tehran. By use of the “Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument,” in adolescents and young adults who had the inclusion criteria, information about the psychosocial needs were collected. Also, a demographic questionnaire was completed by the participants. Mean and standard deviation calculated for each domain and overall scores. Independent t test and one-way ANOVA was used for the comparison of needs’ mean and demographic variables.

Results

Total scores’ mean was 126 and among domains, the “information” got the highest and the “support from friends” the lowest mean. Among demographic variables, we found a relationship between parent education (p value = 0.007), treatment statue (p value = 0.015), parent gender (p value = 0.018), and parent-child relationship (p value = 0.027) with the level of psychosocial needs.

Conclusions

In this target group of adolescents and young adults, the need for “information” is the strongest domain of psychosocial need during parent cancer trajectory.
Literature
1.
Huang X, O’connor M, Lee S (2014) School-aged and adolescent children’s experience when a parent has non-terminal cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. Psycho-Oncology 23(5):493–506CrossRefPubMed
2.
Saadat S, Yousefifard M, Asady H, Jafari AM, Fayaz M, Hosseini M (2015) The most important causes of death in Iranian population; a retrospective cohort study. Emergency 3(1):16–21PubMedPubMedCentral
3.
Rouhollahi MR, Mohagheghi MA, Mohammadrezai N, Motlagh AG, Harirchi I (2014) Situation analysis of the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program in the IR of Iran; assessment and recommendations based on the IAEA imPACT mission. Arch Iran Med 17(4):222–231PubMed
4.
Karlsson E, Andersson K, Ahlström BH (2013) Loneliness despite the presence of others–Adolescents’ experiences of having a parent who becomes ill with cancer. Eur J Oncol Nurs 17(6):697–703CrossRefPubMed
5.
Krattenmacher T, Kühne F, Ernst J, Bergelt C, Romer G, Möller B (2012) Parental cancer: factors associated with children’s psychosocial adjustment—a systematic review. J Psychosom Res 72(5):344–356CrossRefPubMed
6.
Phillips F (2014) Adolescents living with a parent with advanced cancer: a review of the literature. Psycho-Oncology 23(12):1323–1339CrossRefPubMed
7.
Jeppesen E, Bjelland I, Fosså SD, Loge JH, Dahl AA (2013) Psychosocial problems of teenagers who have a parent with cancer: a population-based case-control study (young-HUNT study). J Clin Oncol 31(32):4099–4104CrossRefPubMed
8.
Girgis A, Lambert S, Johnson C, Waller A, Currow D (2012) Physical, psychosocial, relationship, and economic burden of caring for people with cancer: a review. J Oncol Pract 9(4):197–202CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
9.
Pinkert C, Holtgräwe M, Remmers H (2013) Needs of relatives of breast cancer patients—the perspectives of families and nurses. Eur J Oncol Nurs 17(1):81–87CrossRefPubMed
10.
11.
12.
McDonald F, Patterson P, White K, Butow P, Costa D, Kerridge I (2016) Correlates of unmet needs and psychological distress in adolescent and young adults who have a parent diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology 25(4):447–454CrossRefPubMed
13.
Gazendam-Donofrio SM, Hoekstra HJ, van der Graaf WT, van de Wiel HB, Visser A, Huizinga GA, Hoekstra-Weebers JE (2011) Adolescents’ emotional reactions to parental cancer: effect on emotional and behavioral problems. J Pediatr Psychol 36(3):346–359CrossRefPubMed
14.
Ellis S, Wakefield C, Antill G, Burns M, Patterson P (2017) Supporting children facing a parent’s cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children’s psychosocial needs and existing interventions. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 26(1):e12432CrossRef
15.
Walczak A, McDonald F, Patterson P, Dobinson K, Allison K (2017) How does parental cancer affect adolescent and young adult offspring? A systematic review of recent literature. Int J Nurs Stud 77:54–80CrossRefPubMed
16.
Jeppesen E, Bjelland I, Fosså SD, Loge JH, Dahl AA (2016) Health-related quality of life in teenagers with a parent with cancer. Eur J Oncol Nurs 22:46–53CrossRefPubMed
17.
Inbar C, Ety B, Ayala H, Tamer P (2013) The mental health of breast cancer survivors and their adolescent daughters. Psycho-Oncology 22(6):1236–1241CrossRefPubMed
18.
Patterson P, McDonald F, Butow P, White K, Costa D, Pearce A, Bell M (2013) Psychometric evaluation of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who have a parent with cancer. Support Care Cancer 21(7):1927–1938CrossRefPubMed
19.
Nicholls W, Patterson P, McDonald FE, Hulbert-Williams NJ (2017) Unmet needs in young adults with a parent with a chronic condition: a mixed-method investigation and measure development study. Scand J Caring Sci 31(1):191–200CrossRefPubMed
20.
Patterson P, McDonald F, White K, Walczak A, Butow P (2017) Levels of unmet needs and distress amongst adolescents and young adults (AYAs) impacted by familial cancer. Psycho-Oncology 26:1285–1292CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
21.
22.
Koo TK, Li MY (2016) A guideline of selecting and reporting intraclass correlation coefficients for reliability research. J Chiropr Med 15(2):155–163CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
23.
Rahmani A, Ferguson C, Jabarzadeh F, Mohammadpoorasl A, Moradi N, Pakpour V (2014) Supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients. Indian J Palliat Care 20(3):224–228CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
24.
Tabrizi FJ, Rahmani A, Jafarabadi MA, Jasemi M, Allahbakhshian A (2016) Unmet supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients and its related factors. J Caring Sci 5(4):307–316CrossRef
25.
Rassouli M, Sajjadi M (2016) Palliative care in Iran: moving toward the development of palliative care for cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 33(3):240–244CrossRefPubMed
26.
Malayeri R (2017) ED02. 05 palliative Care in Iran. J Thorac Oncol 12(1):S24–S25CrossRef
27.
Malayeri R, Hazini A, Pirjani P, Sharbafchi M, Hojjat S (2016) 494P palliative care in Iran, two year experience of the Firoozgar Palliative Medicine Unit. Ann Oncol 27(suppl_9):mdw595. 010CrossRef
28.
Nikfarid L, Rassouli M, Borimnejad L, Alavimajd H (2017) Experience of chronic sorrow in mothers of children with cancer: a phenomenological study. Eur J Oncol Nurs 28:98–106CrossRefPubMed
29.
Azarbarzin M, Malekian A, Taleghani F (2016) Adolescents’ experiences when living with a parent with cancer: a qualitative study. Iran Red Crescent Med J 18(1):e26410CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
30.
31.
Kennedy VL, Lloyd-Williams M (2009) Information and communication when a parent has advanced cancer. J Affect Disord 114(1):149–155CrossRefPubMed
32.
Kristjanson LJ, Chalmers KI, Woodgate R (2004) Information and support needs of adolescent children of women with breast cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 31(1):111–119CrossRefPubMed
33.
Semple C, McCaughan E (2013) Family life when a parent is diagnosed with cancer: impact of a psychosocial intervention for young children. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 22(2):219–231CrossRef
34.
Jafari S, Mohtashami J, Alaee Karahroudi F, Mansouri S, Rassouli M (2016) Perceived social support and its correlated factors in adolescents with chronic disease. Hayat 22(1):65–78
35.
Faghani S, Rahmani A, Parizad N, Mohajjel-Aghdam A-R, Hassankhani H, Mohammadpoorasl A (2014) Social support and its predictors among Iranian cancer survivors. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 15(22):9767–9771CrossRefPubMed
36.
Nikfarid L, Eezadi H, Shakoori M (2012) Coping behaviors of mothers of chronically ill children. Iran J Nurs 24(74):53–62
37.
Chan CW, Hon HC, Chien WT, Lopez V (2004) Social support and coping in Chinese patients undergoing cancer surgery. Cancer Nurs 27(3):230–236CrossRefPubMed
38.
39.
Taylor SE, Sherman DK, Kim HS, Jarcho J, Takagi K, Dunagan MS (2004) Culture and social support: who seeks it and why? J Pers Soc Psychol 87(3):354–362CrossRefPubMed
40.
Osborn T (2007) The psychosocial impact of parental cancer on children and adolescents: a systematic review. Psycho-Oncology 16(2):101–126CrossRefPubMed
41.
Huizinga GA, Visser A, Zelders-Steyn YE, Teule JA, Reijneveld SA, Roodbol PF (2011) Psychological impact of having a parent with cancer. Eur J Cancer 47:S239–S246CrossRefPubMed
42.
Morris JN, Martini A, Preen D (2016) The well-being of children impacted by a parent with cancer: an integrative review. Support Care Cancer 24(7):3235–3251PubMed
43.
Huizinga G, Visser A, Van der Graaf W, Hoekstra H, Hoekstra-Weebers J (2005) The quality of communication between parents and adolescent children in the case of parental cancer. Ann Oncol 16(12):1956–1961CrossRefPubMed
44.
Gaston-Johansson F, Lachica EM, Fall-Dickson JM, Kennedy MJ Psychological distress, fatigue, burden of care, and quality of life in primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation. In: Oncology nursing forum, 2004. vol 6. Oncology Nursing Society 125 Enterprise Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15275 USA, pp 1161–1178
45.
Howes MJ, Hoke L, Winterbottom M, Delafield D (1995) Psychosocial effects of breast cancer on the patient’s children. J Psychosoc Oncol 12(4):1–21CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Levels of unmet needs among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) impacted by parental cancer
Authors
Marjan Ghofrani
Lida Nikfarid
Manijheh Nourian
Maliheh Nasiri
Mahindokhat Saiadynia
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4310-2

Other articles of this Issue 1/2019

Supportive Care in Cancer 1/2019 Go to the issue

Review Article

Reproductive health care across the lifecourse of the female cancer patient

Letter to the Editor

Acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue in lung cancer patients: methodological and statistical issues

Original Article

Ambivalence over emotional expression and physical functioning and limitations: mediating and moderating effects of PTSD symptoms and acculturation among Chinese breast cancer survivors

Original Article

Nutritional status in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy: a longitudinal study

Review Article

The effect of training interventions on physical performance, quality of life, and fatigue in patients receiving breast cancer treatment: a systematic review

Original Article

Supportive care needs and associated factors among Chinese cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study
Webinar | 19-02-2024 | 17:30 (CET)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on antibody–drug conjugates in cancer

Watch now

Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are novel agents that have shown promise across multiple tumor types. Explore the current landscape of ADCs in breast and lung cancer with our experts, and gain insights into the mechanism of action, key clinical trials data, existing challenges, and future directions.

Dr. Véronique Diéras
Prof. Fabrice Barlesi
Developed by: Springer Medicine
Image Credits