Objectives: Economic and social burdens lead caregivers to psychopathologies that affect their childrens' undergoing cancer treatment.In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of caregivers on the mental health of children and adolescents receiving inpatient treatment for cancer. Materials and Methods: In this study, 44 patients who received inpatient treatment at Ege University Tülay Aktaş Oncology Hospital between March 2019 and March 2020 and who accepted participation were included.The diagnoses of the patients were made according to the Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Interview Schedule for School-Age Children-current and lifelong version which is a semi-structured interview and according to the criteria listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL), Parental Attitude Research Instrument (PARI), and Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale (HADS) were applied to the caregivers.
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