Table 1.
Summary of the Literature (N=10)
| First author | Year/country | Study design | Sample | Key statements related to the attributes of social adjustment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eiser | 1994/UK | Review | Childhood cancer survivors | Life goal achievement (relationships with friends, employment status, marriage or the ability to form a close relationship, birth of healthy children, and the attainment of life insurance, academic plans, changes in career goals because of the illness) |
| Boman | 2004/Sweden | Cross-sectional case-control study | Young adult survivors (aged 18 to 29) of childhood cancer (n=30), control group (n=30) | Type of habitation, educational status, formation of own family, birth of own children, employment, leisure activities, social mobility, planning for future roles (marriage, parenthood, occupation) |
| Punyko | 2007/USA | Cross-sectional case-control study | Survivors of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma (aged≥18) (n=417), siblings (n=2,685) | Completed high school, special education, entered the workforce, number of sick days, having been married |
| Chen | 2008/Taiwan | Qualitative study | Adolescent and young adult survivors (aged 13 to 22) (n=7) | Interpersonal relationships |
| Ramini | 2008/UK | Qualitative study | Adolescents with cancer (aged 16 to 25) (n=4) | Desire to feel normal (refusal to be home-schooled in order to graduate with friends, talking with friends about school life), peer acceptance, support from friends |
| Thompson | 2009/USA | Cross-sectional case-control study | Emerging adult survivors of childhood cancer (aged 18 to 25) (n=60), control group (n=60) | Romantic relationships, including perceived relationship satisfaction |
| Schulte | 2010/Canada | Review | Child and adolescent survivors of brain tumors | Involvement in activities, social interaction patterns, school performance, social relationships, social isolation |
| Dumas | 2015/France | Qualitative study | Childhood cancer survivors (aged 27 to 53) (n=76) | Educational trajectories (cancer as a reason for school dropout and early entry into working life), choices or decisions that survivors related to the illness in the making of their career plans, cancer as an obstacle in career aspirations, resulting in an upward social trajectory |
| Hocking | 2015/USA | Review | Childhood brain tumor survivors | Others' perceptions and self-perceptions of the quality of a child's social relationships and how well they attain socially desirable and developmentally appropriate goals |
| Son | 2011/Korea | Qualitative study | Adolescent cancer patients or cancer survivors (aged 16 to 21) (n=10) | Falling behind friends |