Communication with children about a parent's advanced cancer and measures of parental anxiety and depression: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study.
Claire E HaileyJustin M YoppAllison M DealDeborah K MayerLaura C HansonGili GrunfeldDonald L RosensteinEliza M ParkPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2017)
In this pilot study, parents with advanced cancer who reported more illness-related communication with their children also reported more symptoms of general anxiety. Future interventions should address psychological distress relevant to parenting and further assess how parental communication may be linked to parental mood symptoms.