Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer

Objective: To evaluate a psycho-educational program (PeP) for parents ofchildren with cancer (PoCwC) in Malaysia. Methods: Seventy-nine parents were invited to be either in an intervention ( n = 41) or a control group ( n = 38 ). Baseline assessment took place upon agreement of participant. Short...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Norsarwany, Hussin, Zabidi Azhar, Osman, Zubaidah Jamil, Blunden, Sarah
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Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2009
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author Mohamad, Norsarwany
Hussin, Zabidi Azhar
Osman, Zubaidah Jamil
Blunden, Sarah
author_facet Mohamad, Norsarwany
Hussin, Zabidi Azhar
Osman, Zubaidah Jamil
Blunden, Sarah
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description Objective: To evaluate a psycho-educational program (PeP) for parents ofchildren with cancer (PoCwC) in Malaysia. Methods: Seventy-nine parents were invited to be either in an intervention ( n = 41) or a control group ( n = 38 ). Baseline assessment took place upon agreement of participant. Shortterm effects were measured four weeks the intervention. Control parents received standard care. Intervention parents received in addition to standard care, 4 x 50 min sessions of information on childhood cancer and coping strategies. Result: Repeated measures of ANOVAs revealed increased knowledge about cancer ( p = 0.01 ) in the intervention parents compared with standard care. Intervention parents reported reduced anxiety and increased activities with children after the program; however, differences were not significant. · Conclusions: This PeP, the first of its kind in Malaysia, has significantly increased levels of knowledge among parents of seriously ill children which may point towards the potential for these services to increase coping in Malaysian PoCwC.
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spelling usm-496742021-08-22T04:08:13Z http://eprints.usm.my/49674/ Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer Mohamad, Norsarwany Hussin, Zabidi Azhar Osman, Zubaidah Jamil Blunden, Sarah R Medicine Objective: To evaluate a psycho-educational program (PeP) for parents ofchildren with cancer (PoCwC) in Malaysia. Methods: Seventy-nine parents were invited to be either in an intervention ( n = 41) or a control group ( n = 38 ). Baseline assessment took place upon agreement of participant. Shortterm effects were measured four weeks the intervention. Control parents received standard care. Intervention parents received in addition to standard care, 4 x 50 min sessions of information on childhood cancer and coping strategies. Result: Repeated measures of ANOVAs revealed increased knowledge about cancer ( p = 0.01 ) in the intervention parents compared with standard care. Intervention parents reported reduced anxiety and increased activities with children after the program; however, differences were not significant. · Conclusions: This PeP, the first of its kind in Malaysia, has significantly increased levels of knowledge among parents of seriously ill children which may point towards the potential for these services to increase coping in Malaysian PoCwC. Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/49674/1/NORSAZWANY%20BT%20MOHAMAD-eprints.pdf Mohamad, Norsarwany and Hussin, Zabidi Azhar and Osman, Zubaidah Jamil and Blunden, Sarah (2009) Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer. Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer. (Submitted)
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Mohamad, Norsarwany
Hussin, Zabidi Azhar
Osman, Zubaidah Jamil
Blunden, Sarah
Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title_full Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title_fullStr Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title_full_unstemmed Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title_short Short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
title_sort short term outcome of pshycoeducational program on coping abilities of mother of children with cancer
topic R Medicine
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