<p><strong>Syfte</strong></p><p>Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka livskvaliteten hos de som drabbats av leukemi, lymfom eller hjärntumör under barndomen och som överlevt denna sjukdom.</p><p><strong>Metod</strong></p><p>Sexton studier som undersökte livskvaliteten hos dessa grupper granskades. Alla studier var baserade på självrapporteringar och var publicerade mellan 1999 och 2009.</p><p><strong>Resultat</strong></p><p>I ett flertal studier jämfördes överlevarnas mentala och fysiska hälsa med den för den friska befolkningen och resultatet visade inga skillnader mellan dessa grupper. Däremot visar resultaten att behandling och/eller sjukdom möjligen kan påverka livskvaliteten negativt. Strålbehandling och cytostatikabehandling kan påverka tillväxten samt orsaka infertilitetsproblem och kardiovaskulära komplikationer. Behandlingarna tycks också påverka fysisk och kognitiv funktion. Låg livskvalitet visade sig vara vanligare bland dem som hade låg utbildning, var arbetslösa och/eller hade låg inkomst. Resultaten pekar bl.a. på betydelsen av att erbjuda de barn med cancer som så behöver specialanpassad undervisning.</p><p> </p> / <p><strong>Aim</strong></p><p>The aim of this review of the literature was to investigate the quality of life of survivors of leukemia, lymphoma or brain tumor during childhood.</p><p><strong>Method</strong></p><p>Sixteen studies that examined the quality of life of these groups were reviewed. All studies were based on self-reported data and were published between 1999 and 2009.</p><p><strong>Result</strong></p><p>Several studies compared the survivors’ mental and physical health with that for a healthy population and the results did not differ between these groups. The results do however show that treatment and/or disease may have a negative effect on the quality of life. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy may affect the growth and cause infertility-problems as well as cardiovascular complications. The treatments may also affect the physical and cognitive function. Survivors who had a low education-level, were unemployed and/or had a low income reported lower quality of life. These results indicate that it may be important to provide children with cancer with special education.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-112121 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Bergfoth, Emelie, Eriksson, Maria |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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