@article{1687995047814cc9888432196d31444e,
title = "Psychosocial function of Dutch children with cancer and their caregivers during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic",
abstract = "We compared psychosocial functioning of children with cancer and their caregivers in several phases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to before COVID-19. One or more questionnaires on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) or fatigue of children or distress of their caregivers was available from 1644 families. In children with cancer, HRQoL was stable throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Fatigue was slightly lower and sleep somewhat better during the pandemic than before. Caregiver distress was lower in the first pandemic phase, but increased to pre-COVID-19 levels in later phases, indicating that the length and consequences of the pandemic may be weighing on them.",
keywords = "COVID-19, caregivers, childhood cancer, fatigue, psychological distress, quality of life",
author = "{van Gorp}, Marloes and Heleen Maurice-Stam and Teunissen, {Layla C.} and Ellen Kilsdonk and {van Dijk}, Jennifer and Mirjam Sulkers and Tissing, {Wim J.E.} and {van Litsenburg}, {Rapha{\"e}le R.L.} and Grootenhuis, {Martha A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is a result of efforts of the KLIK PROM team and all psychosocial and pediatric oncology clinical staff members of the Princess M{\'a}xima Center in regularly monitoring and screening psychosocial functioning. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1002/pbc.29535",
language = "English",
volume = "69",
pages = "e29535",
journal = "Pediatric blood & cancer",
issn = "1545-5009",
publisher = "Wiley-Liss Inc.",
number = "4",
}