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Published on: September 19, 2019
Bereaved parents' quality of life: resilience and professional support
Omid Rasouli1,2, Hilde Kristin Vegsund3, Alexandra Eilegård Wallin4
1Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway omid.rasouli@ntnu.no.
Objectives:
The study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) among cancer-bereaved parents with a control group and explore how resilience and support from healthcare professionals associated with QoL of parents 2-8 years after the loss of a child to cancer.
Methods:
This nationwide, cross-sectional survey was administered among parents (n=161) who lost their child to cancer between 2009 and 2014, compared with a matched control parent group (n=77). A study-specific questionnaire, Resilience Scale for Adults (six factors: 'Perception of self', 'Planned future', 'Social competence', 'Structured style', 'Family cohesion' and 'Social resources'), and a single-item measure of parents' QoL were included for the study.
Results:
There was a lower QoL in both bereaved parents (mean=5.1) compared with the control parents (mean=5.8) (p<0.001). Two resilience factors, 'Perception of self' (OR=1.8, p=0.004) and 'Planned future' (OR=2.05, p<0.001), and given sufficient information during the child's last month (OR=2.63, p=0.003) were positively associated with long-term QoL in cancer-bereaved parents.
Conclusion:
The findings indicate lower QoL among both fathers and mothers 2-8 years after losing a child to cancer. The study also highlights the positive role of resilience and the importance of informational support on long-term QoL in cancer-bereaved parents. Bereavement support should be tailored for supporting individual needs.
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