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).