الفهرس 
Overview of Childhood CancerOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The psychological distress from pediatric cancer populations is varied. The immediate impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on child and parent distress is mostly clear. Aim: This study conductes to assess the sources of stress among parents’ having children undergoing chemotherapy. Design: A descriptive design was used to accomplish this study. Settings: This study was carried out at children cancer department of Tanta cancer center include inpatient unit and outpatient unit. Subjects: A convenience sample of all available number of parents of children with cancer who are undergoing to chemotherapy fulfilling the criteria of both sex of parent, aged (5-12) years for children and all ages for parent and diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy for the children. They were 300 participants (100 children, 100 mothers and 100 fathers). Tools: Part I: Socio-Demographic characteristics included of Children and their parents under study. Part II: Parenting stress scale, translated into Arabic and adapted by the researcher to assess parents stress. Results: The finding of the current study demonstrated that, more than two third (68%) of the studied children had high level of stress, while (32%) of them had low level of stress. Significantly, the current study finding showed that the most of parents (92%) suffer from high level of stress. Conclusion: The psychological distress from pediatric cancer affects the family’s need for care, self-esteem, social interaction, and functioning. Based on the results of the present study it could be concluded that parents stress level was found to vary between low and high. A statistically significant difference between fathers’ age and residence of parent’s children and total parents stress related to child’s domains and also between the number of siblings and the total parental stress score related to child’s domain. Recommendations: comprehensive nursing education and training programs on dealing with parents` psychological distress are recommended.