en قلب Heart پژوهشي Research <div> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood cancer as a life-threatening illness has negative consequences for both the patients and their family. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of child cancer on their mother&rsquo;s quality of life and to assess the association of quality of life with resilience among mothers of children with cancer.</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, a total of 145 mothers of children with cancer participated. Data were collected by two questionnaires: (a) PedsQL&trade; Family Impact Module, (b) Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Datawere analyzed using SPSS version 13. Pearson correlation test was run for the analysis.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>The result showed that total scale score, HRQOL Summary score, and the Family Functioning Summary Score were 41.68&plusmn;20.62, 43.10&plusmn;22.40, and 45.06&plusmn;24.30, respectively. The mean score of resilience among mothers of children with cancer was 86.80&plusmn;19.08. There was a positive association between resilience and all dimensions of life quality (p<0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Measuring HRQOL and resilience in a preventive strategy would help to address vulnerable mothers and to present psychosocial support for them. Designing and implementing family-oriented and parent-focused intervention strategies in health care systems are recommended for improving the quality of life of families with cancer children.</p> </div> Key words: Cancer, Children, Mother, Resilience, Quality of Life 84 92 http://ijpho.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-70-82&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vahid Pakpour No Mansour Ghafourifard Yes Zahra Sadri No