Establishment of cooperation system to improve the QOL of childhood cancer survivors in medical care, education, and welfare

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K13248
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Oita University
• Principal Investigator: Hirano Naoki 大分大学, 医学部, 助教 (30717997)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 小児がん経験者 / QOL / 医療 / 教育 / 福祉

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Childhood cancer survivors need support from various occupations for poor quality of life. However their support system is insufficient. We surveyed questionnaires on the support status of medical care, education, and welfare.Then, we examined the relationship between the questionnaire and QOL score. We found that educational and welfare support systems may be involved in the QOL of childhood cancer survivors. And we indicated that support based on individual patient background, such as age and hematopoietic cell transplantation, and multifaceted support, such as employment and psychological care, could contribute to the QOL of childhood cancer survivors.

Free Research Field

小児科、小児血液・腫瘍・免疫

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

小児がん経験者に対する社会支援の状況とQOLとの関連性は今まで明らかではなかったが、本研究では、医療だけではなく教育・行政支援もQOLに関連している可能性を示唆することができた。また、個別性を配慮した支援内容や多面的な支援がQOL向上につながる可能性を示したことは、医療・教育・行政が連携した小児がん経験者への支援体制を構築するうえで重要な観点である。