Analyzing the Emotional Health Challenges in Pediatric Cancer Survivors after Treatment

K, Sreenivasan, Mounika, J, Ahsan and Pr

Health Leadership and Quality of Life, 2025, vol. 4, 601

Abstract: Under the age who have been diagnosed with cancer and have been treated, quite often completing treatment, but enduring some long-lasting effects. Their experiences reveal the necessity of continuous attention from medical practitioners and psychological services to improve the patients’ quality of life and help them come back to normal activities. To investigate the post treatment emotional health challenges encountered pediatric cancer survivors and analysis on such factors as treatment modalities, age at diagnosis, and types of cancer; focused on factors that could influence the school reintegration and parent’s emotional health with pediatric cancer survivors. The participants consisted of 98 pediatric cancer survivors and data was obtained using the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) which focused on their emotional health challenges and psychological experiences after treatment. SPSS 26 version software has employed for analyzing descriptive statistics, correlation, and chi-square tests to evaluate demographic differences and determine factors associated with psychosocial outcomes. The results show that school reintegration after treatment contributed to the mental health issues of child cancer survivors at 60% and age at diagnosis at 45%. Further, these specific difficulties were due to the type of cancer, which was 30%, treatment modalities 35% and 35% of parents’ mental health. These findings stress the importance of implementing appropriate support strategies to survivors and their families to enhance their reintegration and improve the mental health of Children in post treatment rehabs.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.56294/hl2025601

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