Chinese parents' caregiving ability for children with haematological malignancies: A latent class analysis

Authors

Jingting Wang, School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xuanyi Bi, School of Nursing, The Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Jichuan Wang, Center for Translational Science, Children's National Health System, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Ying Gu, Department of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xianlan Zheng, Department of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yingwen Wang, Department of Hematology & Oncology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huifang Wu, Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Qi Yang, Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Linyu Ma, Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Fang Liu, Department of Nursing, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Changrong Yuan, School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

4-18-2022

Journal

Nursing open

DOI

10.1002/nop2.1218

Keywords

caregiving ability; children with haematological malignancies; latent class analysis; parents

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to identify unobserved subgroups of Chinese parents' caregiving ability for children with haematological malignancies and examine the associations of the latent class membership with individual characteristics. DESIGN: A multicentre cross-sectional survey study was conducted. METHODS: A total of 392 parents of children with haematological malignancies in China were surveyed with the Hematologic Malignancies' Family Caregiver Skills Scale and a study-specific demographic information questionnaire. Latent class analysis (LCA) and multinomial logistic regression model were applied in data analysis. RESULTS: LCA results suggested that there existed three distinct a priori unknown classes of parents of children with haematological malignancies in regard to caregiving ability: Class 1-"high caregiving ability" class (n = 131, 33.4%), Class 2-"medium caregiving ability" class (n = 170, 43.4%) and Class 3-"low caregiving ability" class (n = 91, 23.2%). Socio-demographics and clinical characteristics had significant associations with the latent class membership.

APA Citation

Wang, Jingting; Bi, Xuanyi; Wang, Jichuan; Gu, Ying; Zheng, Xianlan; Wang, Yingwen; Wu, Huifang; Yang, Qi; Ma, Linyu; Liu, Fang; and Yuan, Changrong, "Chinese parents' caregiving ability for children with haematological malignancies: A latent class analysis" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 784.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/784

Department

Pediatrics