Self- and Parent-Reported Psychological Symptoms in Young Cancer Survivors and Control Peers: Results from a Clinical Center
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Standardized Assessment
2.3. Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
2.4. Somatic Symptoms
2.5. Behavioral Symptoms
2.6. Functional Disability Measure
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Emotional Distress Symptoms
3.2. Behavioral Symptoms
3.3. Somatic Symptoms
3.4. Functional Disability
3.5. Symptoms Severity and Co-occurrence
3.6. Multivariate Analysis of the Clinical Parameters and Age-Related Variables
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Clinical Variable | Survivors Mean (SD) (n = 40) | Controls Mean (SD) (n = 79) | df | t | p * |
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Age at study time (years) Cognitive level (WISC III total IQ) | 12.9 (3.1) 99.5 (14.74) | 12.5 (3.3) 96.15(12.46) | 117 79 | 0.895 0.928 | 0.256 0.357 |
Anxiety symptoms (MASC total T-score) | 48.30 (10.89) | 42.96 (10.22) | 116 | 3.241 | 0.0016 |
Depression symptoms (CDI total T-score) | 46.48 (9.49) | 49.08 (7.55) | 117 | 0.606 | 0.504 |
Behavioral symptoms (CBCL total T-score) | 47.08 (9.82) | 43.01 (11.02) | 117 | 2.431 | 0.016 |
Somatic symptoms (CSSI-24 child total) | 5.56 (7.79) | 7.35 (8.94) | 112 | −0.531 | 0.597 |
Somatic symptoms (CSSI-24 parent total) | 4.98 (1.91) | 5. 23(2.34) | 117 | 0.156 | 0.876 |
Functional disability (FDI—child total) | 2.58 (3.85) | 2.62 (4.60) | 112 | 0.396 | 0.693 |
Functional disability( FDI—parent total) | 0.44 (1.42) | 0.31 (1.23) | 117 | 0.404 | 0.575 |
Severity Scores | CBCL Total T-Score | Parent CSSI-24 Total | Child CSSI-24 Total | Parent FDI Total | Child FDI Total |
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MASC total T-score | 0.489 * (0.536) a | 0.430 ** (0.041) | 0.441 ** (0.561) ** | 0.320 * (0.061) | 0.490 ** (0.289) |
CDI total T-score | 0.735 ** (0.413) | 0.559 ** (0.061) | 0.554 ** (0.416) ** | 0.683 ** (0.229) | 0.633 ** (0.020) |
CBCL total T-score | 0.375 * (0.710) ** | 0.493 * (0.173) | 0.430 (0.616) ** | 0.387 * (−0.364) | |
Parent-CSSI-24 total | 0.350 * (0.199) | 0.387 * (0.951) ** | |||
Child CSSI-24 total | 0.368 * (0.209) * | 0.79 ** (0.801) ** | |||
Parent FDI total | 0.440 ** (0.237) |
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Barone, R.; Gulisano, M.; Cannata, E.; Padalino, S.; Saia, F.; Maugeri, N.; Pettinato, F.; Lo Nigro, L.; Casabona, A.; Russo, G.; et al. Self- and Parent-Reported Psychological Symptoms in Young Cancer Survivors and Control Peers: Results from a Clinical Center. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 3444. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9113444
Barone R, Gulisano M, Cannata E, Padalino S, Saia F, Maugeri N, Pettinato F, Lo Nigro L, Casabona A, Russo G, et al. Self- and Parent-Reported Psychological Symptoms in Young Cancer Survivors and Control Peers: Results from a Clinical Center. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(11):3444. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9113444
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarone, Rita, Mariangela Gulisano, Emanuela Cannata, Sara Padalino, Federica Saia, Nicoletta Maugeri, Fabio Pettinato, Luca Lo Nigro, Antonino Casabona, Giovanna Russo, and et al. 2020. "Self- and Parent-Reported Psychological Symptoms in Young Cancer Survivors and Control Peers: Results from a Clinical Center" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 11: 3444. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9113444