Parenthood for childhood cancer survivors: unfounded fear of cancer development in offspring and related health behaviors

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11130/24:10474666 RIV/00064203:_____/24:10474666

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1269216/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1269216/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1269216" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1269216</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Parenthood for childhood cancer survivors: unfounded fear of cancer development in offspring and related health behaviors

Original language description

Current literature reveals no increased risk for adverse non-hereditary health outcomes in the offspring of childhood cancer survivors (CCS), yet survivors reported concerns regarding their offspring&apos;s health. To investigate how the fear of cancer development in offspring influences parental behavior related to health and prevention, survey reports from 256 European adult CCS and 256 age- and sex-matched siblings who participated in a multicenter study on offspring health were analyzed in the present study. Analyses of covariance and chi-square tests were conducted to test for differences between CCS and siblings in outcome variables (all related to healthy parenting behavior). CCS reported higher fear levels (p = 0.044, Partial eta(2) = 0.01) and less alcohol consumption (p = 0.011, Phi = 0.12) and smoking (p = 0.022, Phi = 0.11) during pregnancy than siblings. In survivor families, children were breastfed less often (p &lt; 0.001, Phi = 0.18). Partial correlation analyses showed that CCS&apos; fear levels decreased with increasing age (r = -0.16, p = 0.014), time since oncological therapy (r = -0.19, p = 0.003), and number of children (r = -0.21, p = 0.001). Overall, due to their own experiences with cancer, many CCS harbor misperceptions regarding the health outcomes of their offspring. Although the fear decreases with increasing distance from the active disease, any fear should be taken seriously, even if unfounded, and combated through targeted educational measures.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

e-ISSN

1664-1078

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JAN 2024

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1269216

UT code for WoS article

001150050700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85183380406