Quality of life of caregivers and impact on the nuclear family of children with leukaemia in the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Pathirana, T.I.
dc.contributor.author	Goonawardena, C.S.E.
dc.contributor.author	Wijesiriwardane, I.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-08T09:05:39Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-08T09:05:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Pathirana, T.I., Goonawardena, C.S.E., Wijesiriwardane, I. (2015). "Quality of life of caregivers and impact on the nuclear family of children with leukaemia in the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka", Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Vol.2 (E18), pp. 1-5	en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6709
dc.description.abstract	Attached	en_US, si_LK
dc.description.abstract	Childhood leukaemia is the commonest cancer in children aged below 15 years. A diagnosis of childhood leukaemia is a devastating experience for any parent. This hospital-based descriptive cross sectional study aimed to assess the quality of life (QOL) of caregivers and the impact on the nuclear families of children with leukaemia. A convenient sample of 140 caregivers was surveyed using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Nearly 50% of caregivers reported low QOL in the psychological 71(50.7%), social 66(47.1%) and environmental 64(45.7%) domains while most nuclear families underwent moderate financial 88(62.9%) and psychological 100(71.4%) impacts. There was a statistically significant decline in parental employment status following the diagnosis (p<0.05).
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher	Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	childhood cancer	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	childhood leukaemia	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	caregiver	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	quality of life	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	nuclear family	en_US, si_LK
dc.title	Quality of life of caregivers and impact on the nuclear family of children with leukaemia in the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka	en_US, si_LK
dc.type	Article	en_US, si_LK