Comparison of psychological status between families of children
with cancer and healthy children
The prevalence of PTSS in children with cancer was 8.79%, significantly
higher than that in healthy children (0.88%;χ2 =7.55, P <0.01). But there
was no significant difference in the total score of PTSDI between
children with cancer and healthy children (t =1.13,P =0.259).
The prevalence of severe PTSS was significantly higher among parents of
children with cancer than those of healthy children (21.98% vs1.04%; χ2 =44.04, P <0.001).
Figure 1 shows the distribution of PTSS severity in the two groups. As
shown in Table 2, the scores of PCL-C, depression, and general family
function were significantly higher in parents of children with cancer
than those of healthy children (t =8.96,P <0.001).