Determinants of social competence in pediatric brain tumor survivors who participated in an intervention study

Purpose This prospective study describes disease/treatment, personal characteristics, and social/family contextual variables as risk and resilience factors that predict social competence in pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS). Methods Ninety-one PBTS (51% male, mean age 11.21 years, off-treatment...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2017-09, Vol.25 (9), p.2891-2898
Main Authors: Barrera, Maru, Atenafu, Eshetu G., Schulte, Fiona, Bartels, Ute, Sung, Lillian, Janzen, Laura, Chung, Joanna, Cataudella, Danielle, Hancock, Kelly, Saleh, Amani, Strother, Douglas, McConnell, Dina, Downie, Andrea, Hukin, Juliette, Zelcer, Shayna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Brain
Brain cancer
Brain Neoplasms - mortality
Brain Neoplasms - psychology
Brain tumors
Caregivers - psychology
Child
Cooperation
Female
Gliomas
Humans
Intervention
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Pediatrics
Prospective Studies
Rehabilitation Medicine
Social Behavior
Social Skills
Survivors - psychology
Tumors
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Summary:Purpose This prospective study describes disease/treatment, personal characteristics, and social/family contextual variables as risk and resilience factors that predict social competence in pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS). Methods Ninety-one PBTS (51% male, mean age 11.21 years, off-treatment, attending a regular classroom >50% of the time) participated. PBTS and their primary caregivers (proxy) completed the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) to assess social competence at baseline, 2, and 8 months follow-up. At baseline, medical information (e.g., tumor type and location, cranial irradiation therapy (CIT)), personal characteristics (e.g., child’s age and gender, intelligence, executive function, attention, and memory), and social/family factors (family income and ethnicity) were obtained. Results Using mixed model multivariable analyses with a longitudinal component, tumor type (medulloblastoma) ( p  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-017-3708-6