Psychological programs to improve the life quality and psychosocial
behavior of pediatric cancer patients
Abstract
Background: Emerging evidence exhibited the importance of life quality
of children with pediatric cancers and their parents. The child patients
generally have poor life quality and pyschological status under the
intensive comprehensive therapies. Procedure: The cultural and
psychological program named Ward School Program (WSP) may ease the
psychological stress for the child patients. The purpose of this study
is to systemically evaluate the impact of the WSP on the quality of life
and psychological behavior of children with pediatric cancers. We
evaluated the life quality and negative emotions of the children and
their parents individually. Results: 46 child patients and their parents
have accepted the invitation. compared to the occasional participation
group (OP), the WSP has significantly improved the life quality
satisfaction, enhanced self-conception, and promoted learning ability
and attitude of the In-depth participation group (IDP), while their
parents have different opinions. The parents believe that the WSP could
significantly improve children’s personality problems and relieve
children’s anxiety, but it has not much help on their learning skills,
it indicated that it is necessary to enhance communication between
parents and children for better understanding of each other. Conclusion:
The WSP have postive effects on the improvement of life quality and
pyschosocial behaviors for the children with pediatric cancers.