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Objective To understand the negative emotion in primary caregivers of early diagnosed children with acute leukemia. Methods By purposive sampling, 17 cases were selected and investigated by semi-structuredinterviews. Colaizzi principles were used to analyze the data. Results Three themes were extracted:complex emotional response, too many concerns and weak support system. Conclusions The primary caregivers of children with acute leukemia at the early stage of diagnosis have negative emotions such as anxiety and fear, and suffer from psychological and economicpressures.Nurses should provide disease-related nursing skills training and personalized psychological care,and call for the establishment of the social support system and online communication platformto really meet their needs and alleviate the burden of care in order to better meet the follow-up treatment and care of children.
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Objective@#To investigate the dynamic changes of quality of life and its influencing factors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during chemotherapy.@*Methods@#A total of 134 children who were diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were selected. The demographic questionnaire and Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM General Core Module were completed in children at three different time points during chemotherapy (the first month, the third month, and the sixth month of chemotherapy).@*Results@#There were significant differences in the quality of life between children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (t=-23.117-209.225, P<0.01). Multiple factors analysis showed that the factors influencing the quality of life of children at the first month of chemotherapy were age (t=-10.413, P=0.000) , and family emotional support (t=2.231, P=0.027) ; the factors at the third month of chemotherapy included age (t=-12.439, P=0.000) , whether the child was the only child (t=2.267, P=0.025) , education level of primary caregiver (t=2.091, P=0.038) , and family emotional support (t=5.374, P=0.014) ; the factor at the sixth month of chemotherapy were age (t=-11.254, P=0.000) , and family emotional support (t=2.184, P=0.035) .@*Conclusions@#The total quality of life and the scores of all dimensions of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were lower and showed dynamic changes. Age and family emotional support were continuing factors influencing quality of life. Medical staff should take targeted interventions according to the characteristics of the quality of life of children at different ages, and guide and help parents and children to establish good family emotional support and improve their quality of life.
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Objective To assess the association between serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) and the heart function in the elderly with congestive heart failure (CHF). Methods CA125, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) ,alpha-fetoprotein ( AFP), CA199, CA15-3, CA724, liver and kidney function and NT-proBNP were measured in 178 patients with heart failure. Ve, Va, Ve/Va, left ventricular end-diastolic diamete ( LVEDD), left ventricular end-systolic diamete ( LVESD ), left ventricular ejection fraction ( LVEF ) and time were measured using echocardiograph. All patients were classified as Ⅰ + Ⅱ , Ⅲ and Ⅳ level according to the criteria of New York Heart Assocation ( NYHA), and the incidence of pleural effusion, peripheral edema,atrial fibrillation were observed. Results Among the 178 patients,serum CA125 were ≤35 U/ml in 91 patients with median of 9.9( 3.4 - 33.7 ) U/ml, ＞ 35 U/ml in 87 patients with median of 64. 4 ( 20. 2 - 462. 1 ) U/ml.Among those patients with CA125 ＞ 35 U/ml ,heart function was classified as level Ⅲ + Ⅳ in 82 patients,and level Ⅰ + Ⅱ in 5 patients. Among the patients with CA125 ≤35 U/ml,heart function was classified as level Ⅲ + Ⅳin 7 patients,and level Ⅰ + Ⅱ in 84 patients. Heart function was significantly different between the two CA125 groups( x2= 133. 3 ,P ＜0. 001 ). The incidence of pleural effusion,atrial fibrillation ,peripheral edema in the higher CA125 group were 32. 2%, 51.7% and 78. 2%, respectively, which were significantly higher than those in the normal CA 125 group ( 5.5 %, 9. 9% and 19. 8 %, repactively ) ( P ＜ 0. 01 ). NT-proBNP, LVESD,LVEF and time in the higher CA125 group were 2524. 0( 104.0 - 19 308. 0) ng/L,35 (27 -55) mm,49% (23%-66% ) and 268 (210 -312)ms, which were significantly differenct from those in the normal CA125 group [356.0 ( 32.0 - 5201.0) ng/L, 32 ( 26 - 53 ) mm, 59% ( 42% - 69% ) and 290 ( 260 - 340 ) ms, respectively](Ps ＜0. 05). The linear regression showed that serum CA125 was positively correlated with NT-ProBNP and urea nitrogen ( BUN ) ( r= 0. 3326 and 0. 3430, Ps= 0. 002 ) , as well as negtively correlated with LVEF and time (r= -0. 3016,P =0. 006;r = -0. 336,P =0. 004). Conclusion Serum CA125 in the elderly with congestive heart failure increased with the worsing of heart function, and correlated with the level of NT-proBNP, LVEF and time,as well as pleural effusion, atrial fibrillation, peripheral edema.