Only three multi-item and two single-item instruments were identified as being reliable and valid among pediatric cancer or HSCT patients and would therefore be appropriate to measure anxiety in this population
Purpose The primary objective was to describe anxiety measurement instruments used in children and adolescents with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( HSCT )  and summarize their content and psychometric properties .
Health related quality of life in the first year after diagnosis in children with brain tumours compared with matched healthy controls; a prospective longitudinal study.
This paper compares  parent- and  self-report  health-related quality of life ( HRQL ) in children aged 2 - 16 years with brain tumours , one , six and twelve months after diagnosis with matched normal controls .  HRQL was assessed using the PedsQL generic core scales .  37 tumour patients and 42 controls were included in analysis of parent-report  , and 27 patients and 31 controls in self-report HRQL . Parent-report scores were significantly lower in patients than controls for all PedsQL scores at all time points ( max p=0.002 ) . Differences in self-report PedsQL between patients and controls were variable . The relationship between self- and parent-report in patients and controls was inconsistent ; varied over time ; and did not consistently correlate with parental depressive symptoms , suggesting parents and their children do not regard HRQL in a similar way . Prospect i ve , longitudinal assessment of HRQL is important , but should be supplemented with other outcome measures such as health status and behaviour in this population
Only three multi-item and two single-item instruments were identified as being reliable and valid among pediatric cancer or HSCT patients and would therefore be appropriate to measure anxiety in this population
Purpose The primary objective was to describe anxiety measurement instruments used in children and adolescents with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( HSCT )  and summarize their content and psychometric properties .