Behavioral distur
Behavioral disturbances in children with
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Manijeh
Firoozi1, Abbas Ghaeed Rahmat2
1Department
of psychology & Education, University of Tehran, Iran
2Department
of psychology, University of Shahid Allameh Tabatabayii, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Side
effects of chemotherapy, stress and experiencing painful situation probably
have been made children with ALL vulnerable to behavioral disorder, but there
is no agreement for this, in the literature. The main purpose of the study was
investigated how treatment of malignancy and its side effects lead to
behavioral disturbance. One hundred and ten
(girls=53; boys=57) children with ALL and one hundred and sixteen healthy child
(girls=44; boys=72) compare to each other by Disruptive Behavior, Beck
Depression Inventory disorder,Children’s
level of inhibition and anxiety symptoms. Children with ALL displayed
difficulties in some aspects of behaviors, especially in behavioral inhibitory.
There was no discrepancy between cancer group and control in anxiety and
depression. Children with high anxiety and depression reveal more disruptive
behavior disorder and behavioral inhibition. The data demonstrated there was
very strong relation between duration of hospital stay and behavior disruption
in both of sex. This study suggested to health providers to set interventions
for decreasing behavioral problems due to treatment of ALL.
[Manijeh Firoozi, Abbas Ghaeed Rahmat. Behavioral disturbances in children with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia. Life
Sci J 2013;10(1):2897-2902]
(ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
Key words: behavior, emotion, disorder, children, malignancy.
