@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",
}