Abstract
Introduction Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although not common in children, cancer is an important cause of death in children younger than 14 years (1). The diagnosis of cancer in children imposes high levels of stress on the family and particularly parents and adv
Highlights
Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide
General health of parents plays an important role in continuation of care for the sick child and the treatment follow up
In 43.3%, the sick child was the only child of the family
Summary
Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. not common in children, cancer is an important cause of death in children younger than 14 years[1]. The diagnosis of cancer in children imposes high levels of stress on the family and parents and adversely affects their mental health status. Grootenhuis et al, in their review study evaluated 83 articles since 1980 and concluded that several factors such as child’s age, distance from the hospital to the place of residence, financial status of the family and the husband and wife relationship significantly affected the stress of parentsfollowing the diagnosis of cancer in their children[2]. Dockerty et al evaluated 397 parents of children with cancer using GHQ-12 and compared their health status with that of the parents of healthy children. They concluded that the mental health level of parents of children with cancer was lower than that of the parents of healthy children[3]
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