Impacts of chronic illness on cognitive development Flashcards
Palermo (2000)
Absenses from school lead to poorer educational development
Brattberg (2004)
Poorer educational development may negatively influence employment later in life
Ferro and Boyle (2015)
Increased family dysfunction and increased maternal depression leads to decreased levels of self-esteem in the chronically ill child and this increased feelings of anxiety and depression in the chronically ill child
Martinez, Carter and Legato (2011)
Conducted a meta-analysis and found that childhood chronic illnes is related to a medium effect on decreased social competance
Olsson et al (2005)
Increased isolation in adolescent in-patients is common
Crandell et al (2018)
Parental rejection and coersion both increase behaviours in the child that are similar to the sick role (E,G, Increasing depression and internalising behaviours)
Helms et al (2014)
Meta-analysis on re-admission to education for children with cancer
Found that re-admission to school increased accademic performance and reduced depression
lassmates were accepting rather than fearful of children with cancer provided that they were briefed beforehand
More research on more participants is needed in order for these results to be optimised
Olsson et al (2005)
Peer group meetings for adolescent chronically ill patients can prevent feelings of isolation
Palmer, Pratt and Goodway (2017)
Found play therapy to Improve psychological functioning (increased emotional expression and ability to work through feelings of anxiety and depression) and health related behaviour (increased adherence to treatment
Gallant (2003)
Social support improves treatment
DiMattero (2003)
Social support increases adherence to treatment regimes
Bery and Upchurch (2007)
Effective coping strategies can improve the long term consequences of ill health
Fisher and Palermo (2016)
Setting treatment goals helps to improve treatment outcomes
