Promoting Healthy Lifestyle for Survivor Adolescents with Leukemia and their Caregivers
International journal of nursing care • 2018
Publication Information
Authors
hwaida.ali
Keywords
Caregivers — Survivor adolescent with leukemia —Health-Promoting Lifestyle
Journal
International journal of nursing care
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
44-57
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Background: There has been a dramatic increase in the number of childhood cancer survivors living to an
old age due to improved cancer treatments so promote a healthy lifestyle for them very important. The aim:
Evaluate the effect of promoting healthy lifestyle program to survivor adolescents with leukemia and their
caregivers. Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: Pediatric Outpatient Clinic and waiting
room affiliated with Specialized Pediatric Hospital at Benha City. Sample: A purposive sample of thirty eight
survivors’ adolescents with leukemia and their caregivers. Tools: I-Structured interviewing questionnaire.
II- The health-promoting lifestyle profile and III- Caregiver burden scale. Results: less than two-third of
the adolescent were male live in the urban area; more than two third of them was a survivor from ALL.
There were improving adolescent and their caregiver knowledge post-intervention. There was statistically
significant between caregiver’s burden and their promoting the healthy lifestyle. Also, reflect that mild
burden of caregivers associated with achieving promoting healthy lifestyle for their adolescent. Conclusion:
The promoting healthy lifestyle program was effective to improve healthy promoting lifestyle for survivor
adolescent with leukemia and their caregivers. Recommendation: Continue follow-up guidelines for
particular groups of survivors’ adolescents and their caregivers to discover any changes in health status and
maintain healthy behavior lifestyle.
old age due to improved cancer treatments so promote a healthy lifestyle for them very important. The aim:
Evaluate the effect of promoting healthy lifestyle program to survivor adolescents with leukemia and their
caregivers. Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: Pediatric Outpatient Clinic and waiting
room affiliated with Specialized Pediatric Hospital at Benha City. Sample: A purposive sample of thirty eight
survivors’ adolescents with leukemia and their caregivers. Tools: I-Structured interviewing questionnaire.
II- The health-promoting lifestyle profile and III- Caregiver burden scale. Results: less than two-third of
the adolescent were male live in the urban area; more than two third of them was a survivor from ALL.
There were improving adolescent and their caregiver knowledge post-intervention. There was statistically
significant between caregiver’s burden and their promoting the healthy lifestyle. Also, reflect that mild
burden of caregivers associated with achieving promoting healthy lifestyle for their adolescent. Conclusion:
The promoting healthy lifestyle program was effective to improve healthy promoting lifestyle for survivor
adolescent with leukemia and their caregivers. Recommendation: Continue follow-up guidelines for
particular groups of survivors’ adolescents and their caregivers to discover any changes in health status and
maintain healthy behavior lifestyle.
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