Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in children with solid tumors: a single-center exploratory study of sociodemographic, clinical, school, and social functioning correlates

BackgroundChildren with solid tumors experience prolonged treatment, repeated hospital visits, and psychosocial stressors. This exploratory single-center cross-sectional study evaluated anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and health-related quality of life in children with solid tumors and examined their associations with selected sociodemographic, clinical, school functioning, and social functioning variables.MethodsFifty children aged 8–18 years with solid tumors were evaluated at a tertiar