Koç Kenan, Arslan Tuba, Pepe Osman, Kaynak Kerimhan, Yüce Mustafa Soner, Dalbudak İbrahim, Atar Özdemir, Koçyiğit Berat, Bayıroğlu Gül Bahar, Ünver Şaban, Küçük Hamza, Ceylan Levent, Şahin Fatma Neşe
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38280, Turkey.
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32260, Turkey.
Children (Basel). 2025 Mar 22;12(4):404. doi: 10.3390/children12040404.
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of exercise on psychological disorders in patients receiving childhood cancer treatment. The study group consisted of patients with cancer between the ages of 9 and 17 who were treated in the Hematology-Oncology units of Erciyes University. For the sample group, children with cancer were informed about the content of the study, and 40 children with cancer agreed to participate in the study voluntarily. The volunteers were divided into two groups, control and experimental, each consisting of 20 people. For the pre-test, participants completed a socio-demographic information form, as well as the Kovacs Depression scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the pediatric cancer quality of life scale for children. Volunteers in the experimental group engaged in aerobic and strength exercises for an eight-week period. The study was completed with 8 volunteers in the control group and 14 volunteers in the experimental group due to various factors, such as voluntary withdrawal, disease progression, and mortality. After this period, the volunteers were asked to complete the same scales once more as a post-test. The SPSS 22.00 statistical analysis program was used. The independent samples -test was employed to compare the pre-test and post-test findings of the control and experimental groups, while the paired samples -test was used for within-group evaluations. In the within-group comparisons, significant differences were observed in favor of the post-test scores in the experimental group for both the anxiety scale ( < 0.05, Mean: 8.14) and the quality-of-life child form ( < 0.05, Mean: 38.14). For intergroup comparisons, significant differences were found in favor of the experimental group in terms of post-test scores of depression ( < 0.05, mean: 10.57) and anxiety scales ( < 0.05, mean: 8.14). It is postulated that this outcome stems from the positive effects of sports activities in helping children undergoing cancer treatment distance themselves from their psychological adversities.
本研究旨在调查运动对接受儿童癌症治疗的患者心理障碍的影响。研究组由在埃尔西耶斯大学血液肿瘤科接受治疗的9至17岁癌症患者组成。对于样本组，向患癌儿童告知了研究内容，40名患癌儿童自愿同意参与研究。志愿者被分为两组，即对照组和实验组，每组各20人。在进行预测试时，参与者填写了一份社会人口统计学信息表，以及科瓦克斯抑郁量表、贝克焦虑量表和儿童癌症生活质量量表。实验组的志愿者进行了为期八周的有氧运动和力量训练。由于自愿退出、疾病进展和死亡等各种因素，对照组有8名志愿者、实验组有14名志愿者完成了该研究。在此期间过后，要求志愿者再次填写相同的量表作为后测试。使用了SPSS 22.00统计分析程序。采用独立样本t检验来比较对照组和实验组的预测试和后测试结果，而配对样本t检验则用于组内评估。在组内比较中，实验组在焦虑量表（p<0.05，均值：8.14）和儿童生活质量量表（p<0.05，均值：38.14）方面，后测试分数均出现了显著差异。在组间比较中，发现实验组在抑郁后测试分数（p<0.05，均值：10.57）和焦虑量表（p<0.05，均值：8.14）方面存在显著差异。据推测，这一结果源于体育活动对帮助接受癌症治疗的儿童摆脱心理困境的积极作用。
