Abstract
Objective To investigate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and life quality (QOL) of children and adolescents with cancer,and analyze the correlation between PTSD and QOL and study whether PTSD would influence QOL.Methods We investigated PTSD by using the PTSD-SS,and investigated QOL by using the EORTC QLQ-C30 V3,and the data was performed by SPSS 17.0.Results The PTSD-SS total score and the scores of EORTC QLQ-C30 of function field and of whole life quality field were negatively correlated,and the PTSD-SS total score and the scores in symptom field and six single measurement of EORTC QLQ-C30 were positively correlated.Conclusions PTSD of children and adolescents with cancer was closely related with the poor functional status and the high level of symptoms problem.PTSD has affected QOL.The higher level the PTSD is,the lower level of QOL will be. Key words: Cancer; Children; Adolescent; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Life quality
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