Children With Advanced Cancer: Responses to a Spiritual Quality of Life Interview

Rosa Lee Kamper; Lois Van Cleve; Marilyn Savedra

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6155.2010.00253.x

Children With Advanced Cancer: Responses to a Spiritual Quality of Life Interview

Rosa Lee Kamper, Lois Van Cleve, Marilyn Savedra

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the responses of children with advanced cancer to a spiritual quality of life (SQL) interview. Design and Methods: Sixty children, ages 6-17, responded to an SQL interview every 2 weeks, for 5 months. The questionnaires were analyzed using content analysis. Results: Children's responses were primarily relational in nature, particularly to their parents. Seventy-eight percent of the interviewees reported they did something to " feel close to God." Children prayed for a " sense of normalcy" (59%) and relational concerns (31%). © 2010, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-306
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6155.2010.00253.x
State	Published - Oct 2010

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Pediatrics

Keywords

Cancer
Children
Quality of life
Spirituality
Severity of Illness Index
Child Behavior/psychology
Palliative Care/psychology
United States
Humans
Social Support
Male
Quality of Life/psychology
Neoplasms/psychology
Adolescent
Female
Surveys and Questionnaires
Child
Terminally Ill/psychology

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