Effectiveness of psychological interventions intended to promote adjustment of children with cancer and their parents: an overview

  1. Muglia-Wechsler, Amanda
  2. Bragado Alvarez, Carmen
  3. Hernández Lloreda, María José
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728 1695-2294

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 30

Número: 1

Páginas: 93-103

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.30.1.149161 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Anales de psicología

Resumen

Esta revisión tiene como objetivo ofrecer un panorama general sobre la eficacia de las intervenciones psicológicas destinadas a promover el ajuste psicológico de niños aquejados de cáncer y de sus padres. Con este fin se revisaron los artículos publicados entre 1998-2010, empleando las si-guientes palabras-clave: intervención psicosocial, psicoterapia, ensayo, tra-tamiento, ajuste, bienestar, adaptación, cáncer, cáncer infantil, cáncer pediá-trico, ansiedad y depresión (combinándolas entre sí) en las siguientes bases de datos: Psycinfo, Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Psicodoc y Psyarticles. Se locali-zaron un total de catorce artículos, de cuyo análisis se concluye que la ma-yoría de las intervenciones utilizadas resultan de alguna utilidad para mejo-rar el ajuste psicológico tanto de los niños como de los padres, aunque el número de tratamientos que pueden considerarse realmente eficaces es más limitado. Se discute sobre la conveniencia de que la intervención psicológi-ca dirigida a este tipo de población se centre más en las fortalezas y en la promoción de la salud y deje de apoyarse exclusivamente en modelos de tratamiento basados en déficits y psicopatología. Posiblemente, este cambio de orientación contribuirá a fomentar cambios clínicamente relevantes en relación al estrés que acompaña al cáncer y su tratamiento

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