Leukemia and impact on the daily life of a child of bio - psycho - social terms

Aim
The aim of the study is to analyze and evaluate the level of bio-psycho-social work in children suffering from leukemia.

Material and methods
The quality of life of children suffering from leukemia was examined with the use of the diagnostic survey method, with the use of self-authored questionnaires. The research procedure was also prepared on the basis of the original version of the KIDSCREEN 27 questionnaire. The research was conducted among 100 people. The respondents were children who were patients of the University Hospital. A.Jurasza - Department of Pediatrics’, Hematology and Oncology in Bydgoszcz.

Results
Illness is a difficult period in everyone's life. Children experience any illness in a particularly difficult way. Leukemia is a chronic disease. The treatment process is long and exhausting for such a young person. All this contributes to a reduction in the quality of life in the child's bio-psycho-social sphere. With the help of the above-mentioned research tools, it has been shown that leukemia in the studied group has a negative impact on each of the spheres of human life. The child's physical and mental health and social relations are disturbed.

Conclusions
The quality of a child's life during the leukemia disease period changes on many levels. Since the diagnosis of the disease, many aspects of the child's bio-psycho-social life have changed. Each of the spheres of life of a child suffering from leukemia deteriorates to a greater or lesser extent.