@article{69fb3a556de64803a31efe36c7e586a4,
title = "Brief report: the effect of two short psychological interventions on psychiatric morbidity in parents of pediatric hematology oncology patients, a feasibility study",
abstract = "Parents of pediatric oncology patients have an increased prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. The feasibility of two short-term interventions (CBT with Biofeedback; Supportive Therapy and audio-visual relaxation, 9 sessions over 6 weeks in both arms) on reducing psychiatric morbidity was tested in 16 parents of pediatric oncology patients. Parents{\textquoteright} and children{\textquoteright}s questionnaires and parents{\textquoteright} endocrinological and immunological parameters (blood count, cortisol levels, lymphocyte cells subpopulations) were evaluated before and after interventions. Parents had fewer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (d = 0.74) and lower dysfunction scores (r = -0.51) after interventions, lower cortisol levels and platelet count (d = 0.41 and d = 0.46), and higher CD16 cell numbers (d = -0.46). This pilot study demonstrates the benefit of short-term psychological interventions for parents of pediatric oncology patients, as they may reduce PTSD symptomatology in this population.",
keywords = "Biofeedback, CBT, Pediatric oncology, Post-trauma, Relaxing music, Screensavers",
author = "Shiri Liber and Yuval Oded and Boaz Stern and Julia Katz and Yona Kodman and Avi Valevski and Pick, {Chaim G.} and Isaac Yaniv and Alan Apter and Ettie Grauer and Silvana Fennig and Noa Benaroya-Milshtein",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2023",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1007/s12144-022-03510-3",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "42",
pages = "24175--24180",
journal = "Current Psychology",
issn = "1046-1310",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "28",
}