한국 소아청소년암 생존자의 학교 복귀 현황 - 대한소아혈액종양학회 다기관연구

한국 소아청소년암 생존자의 학교 복귀 현황 - 대한소아혈액종양학회 다기관연구

School performance of childhood cancer survivors in Korea: a multi-institutional study on behalf of the Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

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Release Date : 2017. 10. 26(목)
Meerim Park1, Hyeon Jin Park2, Jae Min Lee3, Hee Young Ju2, Byung Kiu Park2, Eun-Seung Yu4, Hyung-Kook Yang5, Ji Yoon Kim6, Sang Kyu Park7, Young Ho Lee8, Ye Jee Shim9, Heung Sik Kim9, Jun Ah Lee10, Yeon-Jung Lim11, Hee Won Cheuh12, Ji Kyoung Park13, Mee Jeong Lee14, Soon Ki Kim15, Hyoung Soo Choi16, Jeong Ok Hah3, Hyoung Jin Kang17, Kyung Duk Park17 , Hee Young Shin17
Chungbuk National University College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics1
National Cancer Center Center for Pediatric Cancer2
Yeungnam University College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics3
National Cancer Center Mental Health Clinic4
National Cancer Center Cancer Survivorship Branch5
Kyungpook National University Hospital Department of Pediatrics6
Ulsan University Hospital Department of Pediatrics7
Hanyang University College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics8
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center Department of Pediatrics9
Korea Cancer Center Hospital Department of Pediatrics10
Chungnam National University Hospital Department of Pediatrics11
Dong-A University College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics12
Inje University Busan Paik Hospital Department of Pediatrics13
Dankook University Medical College Department of Pediatrics14
Inha University Hospital Department of Pediatrics15
Seoul National Univesity Bundang Hospital Department of Pediatrics16
Seoul National Univesity College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics17
박미림1, 박현진2, 이재민3, 주희영2, 박병규2, 유은승4, 양형국5, 김지윤6, 박상규7, 이영호8, 심예지9, 김흥식9, 이준아10, 임연정11, 최희원12, 박지경13, 이미정14, 김순기15, 최형수16, 하정옥3, 강형진17, 박경덕17 , 신희영17
충북대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과1
국립암센터 소아암센터2
영남대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과3
국립암센터 정신건강클리닉4
국립암센터 암생존자지원과5
경북대학교병원 소아청소년과6
울산대학교병원 소아청소년과7
한양대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과8
계명대학교 동산병원 소아청소년과9
원자력병원 소아청소년과10
충남대학교병원 소아청소년과11
동아대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과12
인제대학교 부산백병원 소아청소년과13
단국대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과14
인하대병원 소아청소년과15
분당서울대학교병원 소아청소년과16
서울대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과17

Abstract

Backgrounds: With the rapidly growing number of long-term survivors of childhood cancer, knowledge of the possible influences of the cancer experience on the child’s adjustment, educational functioning, and social relationships has been an increasingly important issue. In this study, we addressed the issues of peer relationships, school attendance, and academic achievement of childhood cancer survivors in Korea. Materials and Methods: Between July 2015 and December 2016, 15 institutions in Korea participated in this study on behalf of the Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. We studied 241 children diagnosed with cancer who, at the time of the study, were older than 9 years. The self-reported paper-and-pencil questionnaire was used in this study. Results: Approximately 21% of the survivors suffered from a lack of friends. Bullying was reported by 30.2% of survivors. Survivors who returned to primary school reported a higher incidence of bullying compared to survivors who returned to middle or high school (p=0.03). The percentage of children who missed classes more than 4 days in a month was higher in survivors with brain tumors than those with other tumors (p=0.04). Children reporting better relationships with friends showed less difficulty in learning (p0.01) and overall higher academic performance (p=0.03). Approximately 41% of children reported learning difficulty, mainly due to the difficulty in understanding the materials (58.0%) or concentrating in classes (28.7%). After returning to school, 52.7% of the patients reported that they had lower overall mark averages than they had before. Patients who returned to high school showed the highest rate of repeating a grade (p=0.05) and the lowest rate of achieving high academic marks (p0.01). The school marks in the Korean language (p=0.03), English (p=0.04), and physical education (p=0.04) were worse for the children with brain tumors than for the children with other tumors. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that school-organized educational support on returning to school was crucial, and that high school students with cancer have more difficulties in academic performance than younger children. Particular concern is needed to for patients with brain tumors with timely intervention to assist their education to overcome poor language and physical function.

Keywords: survivor, school, return