Social determinants of health and quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer.

Objective to associate the social determinants of health and quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer. Methods a cross-sectional study conducted in a paediatric cancer centre in Fortaleza, Brazil, with 176 participants in November and December 2013. Data were collected using a questionnaire with social determinants of health, and quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref. The determinants were correlated with the averages of the quality of life domains using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results there was a statistically significant association between the domains of social relations and education (p = 0.01792) and between the psychosocial domain and the gender of the caregiver (p = 0.01901). The male caregivers that were highly educated, younger, married, stay-at-home dads from the interior had a better quality of life. Conclusion the study sheds light on the influence of social determinants of health in the quality of life of caregivers of children with cancer.

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