Onkologie. 2013:7(5):263-266

Needs of parents of children with cancer through the eyes of parents and nurses

Lucie Sikorová, Andrea Filová

Ústav ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, Lékařská fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě

The moment a child becomes ill with cancer, the needs and priorities of parents are in some way transformed, and the ill child becomes the focus

of the attention. The aim of this research was to identify the needs of parents of children with cancer and perception of these needs by nurses.

The research sample included 100 parents of children with cancer who were hospitalized with the child in the Faculty Hospital Ostrava or in the

Faculty Hospital in Prague Motol. The second sample consisted of 70 nurses working in the same facilities with cancer ill children and their parents.

A standardized questionnaire Needs of Parents Questionnaire (NPQ) was used. Statistical evaluation was carried out by median test, chi-test

and Fisher‘s exact test. In the results are evident differences in perception between the needs of parents of children with cancer and nurses.

Unlike for nurses, for parents is important the psychological support of parents by nurses, expressing hope, timely information on screening

and quality education of the child. The results should lead nurses to a dominant satisfying these very needs of parents of children with cancer.

Keywords: parents, nurses, cancer, Needs of Parents Questionnaire

Published: November 1, 2013  Show citation