Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors: Perceptions of Children, Siblings, and Parent

Address for Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Hale ÖREN, M.D., Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Hematology, İzmir, Turkey Phone : +90 232 412 61 41 E-mail : hale.oren@deu.edu.tr ORCID-ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5760-8007 Received/Geliş tarihi: October 10, 2018 Accepted/Kabul tarihi: November 06, 2018 ©Copyright 2019 by Turkish Society of Hematology Turkish Journal of Hematology, Published by Galenos Publishing House Introduction Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) comprises 26%-28% of all childhood malignancies [1,2]. The outcome of ALL has improved and survival periods have become longer [3,4]. Five-year overall survival was 79.9% at our centers between 1995 and 2009 [5]. Investigations of survivors have documented that their quality of life is negatively affected, with difficulties in social and intellectual functioning [6,7,8,9,10]. The aim of this study was to investigate health-related quality of life (HRQL) in survivors of pediatric ALL and to evaluate the perceptions of the children, their siblings, and their parents.

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