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Household material hardship in families of children post‐chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Bilodeau Madeline,
Ma Clement,
AlSayegh Hasan,
Wolfe Joanne,
Bona Kira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.26743
Subject(s) - medicine , blood cancer , pediatrics , environmental health , oncology , gerontology , cancer
Abstract Poverty is an important patient‐reported outcome of therapy and a potential predictor of outcome disparities in pediatric cancer. We previously identified that nearly 30% of pediatric cancer families experience household material hardship (HMH), a concrete measure of poverty including food, energy, or housing insecurity, during the first 6 months of chemotherapy. We conducted a follow‐up survey in a subcohort of these families at least 1 year off‐therapy and found that 32% reported HMH in early survivorship. Persistently high concrete resource needs off‐therapy may have significance for child health and quality of life, and thus represent targets for future investigation.