Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Education and Research Hospital.
Clinical Psychologist.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Jul 1;43(5):e608-e612. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001924.
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused anxiety among children with hematology-oncology disease and their families, as it has in every segment of society. In this study, we aimed to detect the anxiety levels of children with hematologic or oncologic disease and of their parents after the COVID-19 outbreak. The sample consisted of 15 patients 12 to 18 years of age receiving treatment in the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit in Altinbaş University Medical Faculty Bahçelievler Medikalpark Hospital and 33 parents of the same unit patients between 6 and 18 years of age, and their 35 healthy peers and their parents. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was applied to participant children and their parents to evaluate their general anxiety and pandemic-related anxiety levels. Children with a hematology-oncology disease and their families were compared with healthy peers and their families. No significant difference was observed for pandemic-related anxiety levels (P>0.05). Both parent groups exhibited higher anxiety levels with regard to the pandemic than did their children (P<0.05). Children with hematology-oncology disease reported significantly higher trait anxiety levels when compared with healthy peers (P=0.01). The families of children who had not received stem cell transplantation had higher state and trait anxiety scores than the families of children who had received the transplantation (P<0.05). Even though they were in the high-risk group, children with a hematology-oncology disease and their families had pandemic-related anxiety levels comparable with those of healthy peers and their families.
新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情的爆发给儿童血液肿瘤患者及其家庭带来了焦虑，就像给社会各个群体都带来了焦虑一样。在这项研究中，我们旨在检测儿童血液肿瘤患者及其家长在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情后的焦虑水平。该样本包括来自 Altinbas 大学医学院 Bahcelievler Medikalpark 医院儿科血液肿瘤科的 15 名 12 至 18 岁正在接受治疗的患者，以及同一科室的 33 名患者家长，年龄在 6 至 18 岁之间，以及他们的 35 名健康同龄人及其家长。我们采用状态特质焦虑量表评估了参与者儿童及其家长的一般焦虑和与大流行相关的焦虑水平。将血液肿瘤患者及其家庭与健康同龄人及其家庭进行了比较。与大流行相关的焦虑水平无显著差异（P>0.05）。与儿童相比，两个家长群体在大流行方面表现出更高的焦虑水平（P<0.05）。与健康同龄人相比，患有血液肿瘤的儿童报告的特质焦虑水平显著更高（P=0.01）。未接受干细胞移植的儿童的家庭比接受移植的儿童的家庭具有更高的状态和特质焦虑评分（P<0.05）。尽管处于高危组，但患有血液肿瘤的儿童及其家庭的大流行相关焦虑水平与健康同龄人及其家庭相当。
