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Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem ¹, Zhian Salah Ramzi ², Jamal Ahmad Rashid ³

Affiliations
1 Assistant Prof., Pediatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ
2 Assistant Prof., Community Health Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ
3 Assistant Prof., Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ

Abstract

Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause among children and the child and parents suffering from cancer also exhibit side effects of chemotherapy. The present study aimed to examine the issues with the quality of life of the parents having children with cancer as compared to those having children without cancer.

Methods: This is an investigative and descriptive study that included a sample of 300 parents along with their children with cancer; registered to the Hiwa Oncology Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq and 300 other parents with their non-cancerous children; visited Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraq. A questionnaire elaborated by the authors and the quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was applied.

Results: The biggest difference between the overall quality of life of a parent with child with cancer and the parent without a child with cancer, the majority of the mothers and fathers in the control group, their quality of life fall between high to very high than the case group.

Conclusion: Thus, this study indicated the need for parental support while providing intervention to the child with cancer.

Keywords

Quality of Life, Parents, Children, Cancer.

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Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem ¹, Basil Kadhim Abdallah ², Zhian Salah Ramzi ³, Jamal Ahmad Rashid ⁴

Affiliations
1 Pediatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ
2 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hiwa Hospital,University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region,, IQ
3 Community Health Department, College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ
4 Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, IQ

Abstract

Background: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a highly curable malignancy. It is a unique neoplasm, in which the malignant cell, the Reed-Stenberg cell (RSC), it constitutes approximately 40% of all lymphomas that present during childhood. Objective: Obtain local data on the pattern of childhood and adolescent Hodgkin lymphoma in our community at presentation and then compare it with the international figure. Patients and Method: Eighty five patients with newly diagnosed pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma were admitted to Hiwa Hematology/Oncology hospital in the Sulaimaniya province of Iraqi Kurdistan were included in this study. They were studied prospectively from March 2006 to March 2014. Result: Data analyzed using SPSS software; version 13 and P-value obtained by Chi-square test, a median age at diagnosis was about 13.7 years with peak age of incidence was between 15-18 year, with male predominance. Most common site of the primary tumor was cervical lymph nodes; Nodular sclerosis was the most common histopathology and the majority was stage IIA. Conclusion: The stage in our study was age dependent but neither there was relation between the site of the primary tumor and the risk categories nor relation between risk categories and sex.

Keywords

Hodgkin lymphoma, Stage, Sex distribution, Risk Category.

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