Effects of disease experience on PTSS and correlations between pain and PTSS in children with cancer
We compared PTSDI scores between children with cancer who reported a history of serious illness, critical conditions, ICU admission, infections, blood transfusion, and other diseases with those who had no such history, and found no significant differences between the two groups (P >0.05). We also compared PTSDI scores among children with different lengths of time after cancer diagnosis (<6 months, 6-12 months, and >12 months), and found no significant difference among the 3 groups (P >0.05). The PTSDI scores did not differ significantly between patients with disease relapse and the newly diagnosed patients (P >0.05). The VAS score in children with cancer (3.45±2.66) was positively correlated with their PTSDI score (r =0.424, P <0.001).