Experience of life quality from patients with aplastic anemia: a descriptive qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing incidence of aplastic anemia in China, few studies have explored its effect on the patients' quality of life from the perspective of these patients. In fact, patients with aplastic disorder live with the disease for a long time, and need to face a variety of difficult realities, including multiple disease symptoms and drug side effects, heavy burden of medical costs, difficulties in social reintegration, and negative emotional distress. Therefore, this study used descriptive qualitative research to explore the direct and rich quality-of-life experiences of patients with aplastic anemia.

Methods

A total of 19 patients with aplastic anemia were recruited in this study using purposive sampling combined with maximum variation strategy. 5 of the

SUBMITTER: Liu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10740222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature