Cancer families with children: factors associated with family functioning--a comparative study in Finland.
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Cancer families with children: factors associated with family functioning--a comparative study in Finland. / Schmitt, F; Santalahti, P; Saarelainen, S; Savonlahti, E; Romer, Georg; Piha, J.
In: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, Vol. 17, No. 4, 4, 2008, p. 363-372.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cancer families with children: factors associated with family functioning--a comparative study in Finland.
AU - Schmitt, F
AU - Santalahti, P
AU - Saarelainen, S
AU - Savonlahti, E
AU - Romer, Georg
AU - Piha, J
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The objective is to examine the factors associated with family functioning in families with children where a parent has cancer in comparison to families without cancer. SAMPLE AND METHODS: Eighty-five families including 85 cancer patients, 61 healthy spouses and 68 children between 11 and 17 years of age, and a control group of 59 families including 105 adults and 65 children were given a set of questionnaires including a background variable questionnaire, the Family Assessment Device, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Sense of Coherence (SOC). A statistical multilevel model allowing the use of data from several informants belonging to the same family was constructed for the analysis of associations between variables. RESULTS: Maternal depression and SOC of family members were associated with family functioning; maternal depression impaired family functioning and family members' SOC improved it. No difference was found between the clinical group and the control group.Conclusion: In clinical work with cancer families with children, maternal depression and SOC should be focused on.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The objective is to examine the factors associated with family functioning in families with children where a parent has cancer in comparison to families without cancer. SAMPLE AND METHODS: Eighty-five families including 85 cancer patients, 61 healthy spouses and 68 children between 11 and 17 years of age, and a control group of 59 families including 105 adults and 65 children were given a set of questionnaires including a background variable questionnaire, the Family Assessment Device, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Sense of Coherence (SOC). A statistical multilevel model allowing the use of data from several informants belonging to the same family was constructed for the analysis of associations between variables. RESULTS: Maternal depression and SOC of family members were associated with family functioning; maternal depression impaired family functioning and family members' SOC improved it. No difference was found between the clinical group and the control group.Conclusion: In clinical work with cancer families with children, maternal depression and SOC should be focused on.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 17
SP - 363
EP - 372
JO - PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
JF - PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
SN - 1057-9249
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
