Children and Cancer in the Family
This study compared children of mothers with breast cancer to those without cancer. Found elevated levels of depressive symptoms among former group.
Ovid MEDLINE(R)
Unique Identifier: 16837738
Brown RT. Fuemmeler B. Anderson D. Jamieson S. Simonian S. Hall RK. Brescia F.
Adjustment of children and their mothers with breast cancer.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 32(3):297-308, 2007 Apr.
Examined internalizing and externalizing behaviours among children of parents diagnosed with cancer and healthy parents. Found more internalizing problems among children of parents with cancer than healthy controls.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 16944219
Visser A. Huizinga GA. Hoekstra HJ. van der Graaf WT. Hoekstra-Weebers JE
Temperament as a predictor of internalising and externalising problems in adolescent children of parents diagnosed with cancer.
Supportive Care in
Cancer.
15(4):395-403, 2007 Apr.
Describes collaborative project between child psychiatry and adult oncology clinics to support parents with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009658135 NLM Unique Identifier: 17953129.
Schmitt F. Manninen H. Santalahti P. Savonlahti E. Pyrhonen S.
Children of parents with cancer: a collaborative project between a child psychiatry clinic and an adult oncology clinic.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
2007 Jul; 12(3): 421-36.
A model for children’s adjustment to coping with parents with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009683526 NLM Unique Identifier: 17876182.
Su Y. Ryan-Wenger NA.
Children's adjustment to parental cancer: a theoretical model development.
Cancer Nursing.
2007 Sep-Oct; 30(5): 362-83.
Full text via Ovid
Examines post-traumatic growth among daughters of breast cancer survivors. Findings suggest that some daughters of breast cancer survivors experience positive life changes following their mothers' illness.
CINAHL
AN: 2009169496 NLM Unique Identifier: 16676011.
Mosher CE. Danoff-Burg S. Brunker B. Journal club.
Post-traumatic growth and psychosocial adjustment of daughters of breast cancer survivors.
Oncology Nursing Forum.
2006 May; 33(3): 543-51.
Family counseling for those with a parent with cancer. Describes impact on parents, children and family functioning.
PsycINFO
Accession Number: Peer Reviewed Journal: 2006-20258-004.
Thastum, Mikael; Munch-Hansen, Anne; Wiell, Anne; Romer, Georg.
Evaluation of a Focused Short-term Preventive Counselling Project for Families with a Parent with Cancer.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Vol 11(4) Oct 2006, 529-542.
Examines emotional and behavioural problems among children of 186 families where a parent was diagnosed with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009093541.
Visser A. Huizinga GA. Hoekstra HJ. van der Graaf WTA. Klip EC. Pras E. Hoekstra-Weebers JEH.
Emotional and behavioural functioning of children of a parent diagnosed with cancer: a cross-informant perspective.
Psycho-Oncology.
2005 Sep; 14(9): 746-58.
Pilot study of the experiences of three adolescent women coping with parental cancer diagnosis.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004112752 NLM Unique Identifier: 15040147.
Sears HA. Sheppard HM.
"I just wanted to be the kid": adolescent girls' experiences of having a parent with cancer.
Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal.
2004 Winter; 14(1): 18-20, 25.
Review of research on communication with children and adolescents about cancer in the family.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005401874.
Scott JT. Prictor MJ. Harmsen M. Broom A. Entwistle V. Sowden A. Watt I.
Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer.
The Cochrane Library. (Oxford) ** 2005; (3): (ID #CD004511)
Full text via Ovid
Effects of a parent’s cancer on young children. This study found that their well-being was especially vulnerable at the time of the diagnosis and when the illness situation changed.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 14710796
Helseth S. Ulfsaet N.
Having a parent with cancer: coping and quality of life of children during serious illness in the family.
Cancer Nursing. 26(5):355-62, 2003 Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Nurses’ perceptions of communication issues in nurse-family interactions. Poor communication with health professionals creates a great deal of distress for families of patients with cancer. Difficulties communicating with families can be stressful for nurses as well.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004011567
Davis S. Kristjanson LJ. Blight J.
Communicating with families of patients in an acute hospital with advanced cancer: problems and strategies identified by nurses.
Cancer Nursing. 26(5):337-45, 2003 Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Pilot study of an intervention for women with breast cancer and their school-aged children.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003067325
NLM Unique Identifier: 12556712.
Kirsch SED. Brandt PA. Lewis FM.
Making the most of the moment: when a child's mother has breast cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 26(1):47-54, Feb 2003.
Full text via Ovid
Mothers' methods of interacting with their school-age children about their breast cancer. This study found that the dominant pattern was for mothers to assume a teacher/educator role with the children about the cancer, not an interactive, emotive-expressive parenting role.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2000019974
Shands ME. Lewis FM. Zahlis EH.
Mother and child interactions about the mother's breast cancer: an interview study.
Oncology Nursing Forum. 27(1):77-85, 2000 Jan-Feb.
This study about being a mother and living with life-threatening illness describes the impact of cancer on 47 women and their families and how the mothers felt about any changes in their roles.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 9990759
Fitch MI. Bunston T. Elliot M.
When mom's sick: changes in a mother's role and in the family after her diagnosis of cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 22(1):58-63, 1999 Feb.
Impact when wife/mother is diagnosed and treated for cancer.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 10839247
Roberts CS. Baile WF. Bassett JD.
When the care giver needs care.
Social Work in Health Care. 30(2):65-80, 1999.
Information about speaking with children about cancer in the family.
American Cancer Society
Caregivers
Research about on online support for informal caregivers of cancer patients. Three major themes emerged in the study: hope, emotional roller coaster, and physical/emotional/psychological responses.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier 15681993
Klemm P. Wheeler E.
Cancer caregivers online: hope, emotional roller coaster, and physical/emotional/psychological responses.
Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 23(1):38-45, 2005 Jan-Feb.
Full text via Ovid 1996-
Depression and sleep loss in family caregivers of patients with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139436
Carter PA.
Family caregivers' sleep loss and depression over time.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):253-9, 2003 Aug.
Full text via Ovid
Interviews with family caregivers in Hong Kong. Phases of caregiving. “Findings show a significant need for interventions at each phase of the caregiving process designed to provide effective and culturally sensitive support and affirmation to family members as they care for their loved ones with terminal illnesses.”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139441
Mok E. Chan F. Chan V. Yeung E.
Family experience caring for terminally ill patients with cancer in Hong Kong.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):267-75, 2003 Aug
Full text via Ovid
Caregivers of ovarian cancer patients experience poor quality of life stemming from feelings of lack of control and helplessness. Spiritual well being seemed important to caregivers and they demonstrated a need to connect with others fighting ovarian cancer.
PsycINFO Database
Accession Number: 2002-06993-002.
Ferrell B. Ervin K. Smith S. Marek T. Melancon C.
Family perspectives of ovarian cancer.
Cancer Practice. 10(6)269-276, 2002 Nov.
Husbands’ needs changed over the trajectory of wives’ breast cancer as they dealt with their concerns and sought to learn how to assist their wives.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 10497774
Samms MC.
The husband's untold account of his wife's breast cancer: a chronologic analysis.
Oncology Nursing Forum. 26(8):1351-8, 1999 Sep.
Web site for caregivers providing a variety of products and services.
Family Caregivers Network Society
Canadian web site database for caregivers spearheaded by the Victorian Order of Nurses provides comprehensive information for many aspects of care giving.
Caregiver Connect / Aidants en Réseau
Excellent website with information on the emotional side of cancer that applies not only to the family dealing with oral cancer.
Oral Cancer Foundation
This study compared children of mothers with breast cancer to those without cancer. Found elevated levels of depressive symptoms among former group.
Ovid MEDLINE(R)
Unique Identifier: 16837738
Brown RT. Fuemmeler B. Anderson D. Jamieson S. Simonian S. Hall RK. Brescia F.
Adjustment of children and their mothers with breast cancer.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 32(3):297-308, 2007 Apr.
Research about on online support for informal caregivers of cancer patients. Three major themes emerged in the study: hope, emotional roller coaster, and physical/emotional/psychological responses.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier 15681993
Klemm P. Wheeler E.
Cancer caregivers online: hope, emotional roller coaster, and physical/emotional/psychological responses.
Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 23(1):38-45, 2005 Jan-Feb.
Full text via Ovid 1996-
Depression and sleep loss in family caregivers of patients with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139436
Carter PA.
Family caregivers' sleep loss and depression over time.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):253-9, 2003 Aug.
Full text via Ovid
Examined internalizing and externalizing behaviours among children of parents diagnosed with cancer and healthy parents. Found more internalizing problems among children of parents with cancer than healthy controls.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 16944219
Visser A. Huizinga GA. Hoekstra HJ. van der Graaf WT. Hoekstra-Weebers JE
Temperament as a predictor of internalising and externalising problems in adolescent children of parents diagnosed with cancer.
Supportive Care in
Cancer.
15(4):395-403, 2007 Apr.
Describes collaborative project between child psychiatry and adult oncology clinics to support parents with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009658135 NLM Unique Identifier: 17953129.
Schmitt F. Manninen H. Santalahti P. Savonlahti E. Pyrhonen S.
Children of parents with cancer: a collaborative project between a child psychiatry clinic and an adult oncology clinic.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
2007 Jul; 12(3): 421-36.
Interviews with family caregivers in Hong Kong. Phases of caregiving. “Findings show a significant need for interventions at each phase of the caregiving process designed to provide effective and culturally sensitive support and affirmation to family members as they care for their loved ones with terminal illnesses.”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003139441
Mok E. Chan F. Chan V. Yeung E.
Family experience caring for terminally ill patients with cancer in Hong Kong.
Cancer Nursing. 26(4):267-75, 2003 Aug
Full text via Ovid
Caregivers of ovarian cancer patients experience poor quality of life stemming from feelings of lack of control and helplessness. Spiritual well being seemed important to caregivers and they demonstrated a need to connect with others fighting ovarian cancer.
PsycINFO Database
Accession Number: 2002-06993-002.
Ferrell B. Ervin K. Smith S. Marek T. Melancon C.
Family perspectives of ovarian cancer.
Cancer Practice. 10(6)269-276, 2002 Nov.
A model for children’s adjustment to coping with parents with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009683526 NLM Unique Identifier: 17876182.
Su Y. Ryan-Wenger NA.
Children's adjustment to parental cancer: a theoretical model development.
Cancer Nursing.
2007 Sep-Oct; 30(5): 362-83.
Full text via Ovid
Examines post-traumatic growth among daughters of breast cancer survivors. Findings suggest that some daughters of breast cancer survivors experience positive life changes following their mothers' illness.
CINAHL
AN: 2009169496 NLM Unique Identifier: 16676011.
Mosher CE. Danoff-Burg S. Brunker B. Journal club.
Post-traumatic growth and psychosocial adjustment of daughters of breast cancer survivors.
Oncology Nursing Forum.
2006 May; 33(3): 543-51.
Husbands’ needs changed over the trajectory of wives’ breast cancer as they dealt with their concerns and sought to learn how to assist their wives.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 10497774
Samms MC.
The husband's untold account of his wife's breast cancer: a chronologic analysis.
Oncology Nursing Forum. 26(8):1351-8, 1999 Sep.
Web site for caregivers providing a variety of products and services.
Family Caregivers Network Society
Family counseling for those with a parent with cancer. Describes impact on parents, children and family functioning.
PsycINFO
Accession Number: Peer Reviewed Journal: 2006-20258-004.
Thastum, Mikael; Munch-Hansen, Anne; Wiell, Anne; Romer, Georg.
Evaluation of a Focused Short-term Preventive Counselling Project for Families with a Parent with Cancer.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Vol 11(4) Oct 2006, 529-542.
Examines emotional and behavioural problems among children of 186 families where a parent was diagnosed with cancer.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2009093541.
Visser A. Huizinga GA. Hoekstra HJ. van der Graaf WTA. Klip EC. Pras E. Hoekstra-Weebers JEH.
Emotional and behavioural functioning of children of a parent diagnosed with cancer: a cross-informant perspective.
Psycho-Oncology.
2005 Sep; 14(9): 746-58.
Canadian web site database for caregivers spearheaded by the Victorian Order of Nurses provides comprehensive information for many aspects of care giving.
Caregiver Connect / Aidants en Réseau
Excellent website with information on the emotional side of cancer that applies not only to the family dealing with oral cancer.
Oral Cancer Foundation
Pilot study of the experiences of three adolescent women coping with parental cancer diagnosis.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004112752 NLM Unique Identifier: 15040147.
Sears HA. Sheppard HM.
"I just wanted to be the kid": adolescent girls' experiences of having a parent with cancer.
Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal.
2004 Winter; 14(1): 18-20, 25.
Review of research on communication with children and adolescents about cancer in the family.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2005401874.
Scott JT. Prictor MJ. Harmsen M. Broom A. Entwistle V. Sowden A. Watt I.
Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer.
The Cochrane Library. (Oxford) ** 2005; (3): (ID #CD004511)
Full text via Ovid
Effects of a parent’s cancer on young children. This study found that their well-being was especially vulnerable at the time of the diagnosis and when the illness situation changed.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 14710796
Helseth S. Ulfsaet N.
Having a parent with cancer: coping and quality of life of children during serious illness in the family.
Cancer Nursing. 26(5):355-62, 2003 Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Nurses’ perceptions of communication issues in nurse-family interactions. Poor communication with health professionals creates a great deal of distress for families of patients with cancer. Difficulties communicating with families can be stressful for nurses as well.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2004011567
Davis S. Kristjanson LJ. Blight J.
Communicating with families of patients in an acute hospital with advanced cancer: problems and strategies identified by nurses.
Cancer Nursing. 26(5):337-45, 2003 Oct.
Full text via Ovid
Pilot study of an intervention for women with breast cancer and their school-aged children.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003067325
NLM Unique Identifier: 12556712.
Kirsch SED. Brandt PA. Lewis FM.
Making the most of the moment: when a child's mother has breast cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 26(1):47-54, Feb 2003.
Full text via Ovid
Mothers' methods of interacting with their school-age children about their breast cancer. This study found that the dominant pattern was for mothers to assume a teacher/educator role with the children about the cancer, not an interactive, emotive-expressive parenting role.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2000019974
Shands ME. Lewis FM. Zahlis EH.
Mother and child interactions about the mother's breast cancer: an interview study.
Oncology Nursing Forum. 27(1):77-85, 2000 Jan-Feb.
This study about being a mother and living with life-threatening illness describes the impact of cancer on 47 women and their families and how the mothers felt about any changes in their roles.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 9990759
Fitch MI. Bunston T. Elliot M.
When mom's sick: changes in a mother's role and in the family after her diagnosis of cancer.
Cancer Nursing. 22(1):58-63, 1999 Feb.
Impact when wife/mother is diagnosed and treated for cancer.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 10839247
Roberts CS. Baile WF. Bassett JD.
When the care giver needs care.
Social Work in Health Care. 30(2):65-80, 1999.
Information about speaking with children about cancer in the family.
American Cancer Society