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KMID : 0613620180380020417
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 2 p.417 ~ p.451
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Vulnerabilities and Psychosocial Service Needs of Childhood Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers Based on the Cancer Trajectory
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Choi Kwon-Ho
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Abstract
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Psychosocial service is critical in cancer treatment because childhood cancer experience affects not only the childhood cancer survivors but also their caregivers throughout life. The purpose of this study is to explore vulnerabilities related to
psychosocial maladjustment of childhood cancer survivors and their caregivers, and psychosocial services needs based on the cancer trajectory. Focus group discussions were conducted with 4 groups of 10 childhood cancer survivors and 10 caregivers. Thematic analysis revealed 3 vulnerabilities and 7 psychosocial service needs. Three vulnerabilities are (1) lack of family support, (2) lack of optimism, and (3) cancer characteristics. (1) Informative support is required at the peri-trauma stage; (2) family support, (3) financial support, (4) psycho-emotional support, and (5) hospitalization
support are required at the ongoing stage; and (6) educational support and (7) alternative educational system are required at the long-term follow up stage. Based on the results of this study, the implications of the development of psychosocial
services for the childhood cancer survivrs and caregivers were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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Childhood Cancer, Psychosocial Service, Vulnerabilities, Cancer Trajectory
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