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May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Nursing Care
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International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Evaluation of quality of life in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the
repercussions that occur at the family level
Claudine Ramírez-Sánchez
1
, Olivia Milagros Perez-Solis
2
and
Olga Lozano-Rangel
2
1
Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico
2
UMAE Cardiology Hospital, Mexico
A
cute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common type
of cancer in the pediatric age, those affected require
prolonged treatment for up to 3 years and their lives are
affected directly impacting the quality of life. Objective. To
assess the impact on quality of life and family functioning in
the pediatric patient with (ALL) and his family. Methodology.
This is a cross-sectional study in a Pediatric Hospital where
the questionnaire Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie-Enfant-
Imagé was applied to pediatric patients and the Family
Functioning Scale (FF-SIL) to parents of children hospitalized
with the diagnosis of ALL. Keywords. Acute lymphoblastic
leukemia, quality of life, family functioning. Results n = 100
children with (LLA) the group with the greatest presence was
the schoolchildren with 50%, the female gender prevailing
in 82% the primary caregiver predominated with the female
gender in 74%, the age of 35 to 49 years, 73 % have a
support network for direct family members. Regarding the
quality of life, 46% said they felt happy in school activities,
47% reported not feeling happy when they entered the
hospital. Family Functionality 49% is functional, correlating
it with the age of the primary caregiver we find Spearman
significance p.489, the gender of the caregiver plays a
fundamental role Spearman p.000, to achieve homeostasis
between the family and the base pathology of the patient
and finally the association Level of family functionality in
relation to the quality of life Spearman rs = .293, p = 0.03.
Undoubtedly the oncohematological pathology reduces the
quality of life of pediatric patients, it is vital the figure of
the primary caregiver as we identified in the present study
because it plays a fundamental role in the family as well as
the support networks to maintain the family funconality.
Speaker Biography
Claudine Ramírez - Sánchez has the following studies: Master of Science
in Health Systems by the National Institute of Public Health, Licentiate
in Nursing by the National School of Nursing and Obstetrics, Specialist
in Pediatric Nursing and Administration of Nursing Services by the
Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Diplomada as tutor online, Diploma
in professionalization teacher, co-author in scientific publications,
Coordinator of the International Network of Informatics Nursing,
Coordinator of the Informatica Network in Nursing of Mexico and
adviser of research projects, lines of research: computer nursing,
quality of life in pediatric patients and health systems, currently
working as Coordinator of Nursing Programs in the Research Area at
the Mexican Institute of Social Security.
e:
claudinermz@gmail.com