Methods
Cross-sectional study in children (7 to 17 years) with
relapsed/refractory cancer and their caregivers, who spoke English, were
not cognitively impaired, and had internet access. Parents were
recruited through Facebook ads. Parents and children completed the
Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS), a 20-item measure of
communication quality, with openness and problem subscales. Spearman’s
Rho coefficients assessed correlations between PACS scores and time
since diagnosis/relapse.