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A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer
Mini Dissertation (MA (AAC))--University of Pretoria 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78663 A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer Johnson, Ensa gomza.more@gmail.com Karlsson, Katarina Mahakwe, Gomolemo UCTD AAC Mini Dissertation (MA (AAC))--University of Pretoria 2021. Anxiety has been identified as one of the most severe and long-lasting symptoms experi-enced by hospitalized children with cancer. Self-reports are especially important for documenting emotional and abstract concepts, such as anxiety. Children may not always be able to communicate their symptoms due to language difficulties, a lack of develop-mental language skills, or the severity of their illness. Instruments with sufficient psy-chometric quality and pictorial support may address this communication challenge. The purpose of this review was to systematically search the published literature and identify validated and reliable self-report instruments available for children aged 5–18 years to use in the assessment of their anxiety to ensure they receive appropriate anxie-ty-relief intervention in hospital. What validated self-report instruments can children with cancer use to self-report anxiety in the hospital setting? Which of these instruments offer pictorial support? Eight instruments were identified, but most of the instruments lacked pictorial sup-port. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQLTM) 3.0 Brain Tumor Module and Cancer Module proved to be useful in hospitalized children with cancer, as they provide pictorial support. It is recommended that faces or symbols be used along with the VAS, as pictures are easily understood by younger children. Future studies could include the adaptation of existing instruments in digital e-health tools. University of Pretoria Bursary fund 2022/12/31 Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) MA (AAC) Unrestricted 2021-02-15T18:39:37Z 2021-02-15T18:39:37Z 2021-04-30 2021-02-15 Mini Dissertation Mahakwe, G 2021, A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer, MA (AAC) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78663> A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78663 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD AAC A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title | A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title_full | A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title_fullStr | A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title_short | A systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| title_sort | systematic review of the measurement tools for the assessment of anxiety in hospitalised children with cancer |
| topic | UCTD AAC |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78663 |