Quality of life and mood of patients and family caregivers during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We conducted a study to investigate the impact of hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) on the quality of life (QOL) and mood of patients and family caregivers (FC).

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study of patients who were hospitalized for HCT and their FC. We assessed QOL (using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Bone Marrow Transplantation) and mood (using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) at baseline (6 days before HCT), day +1, and day +8 of HCT. We administered the Medical Outcomes Study Health Survey Short Form-36 to examine FC QOL (Physical Component Scale and Mental Component Scale). To identify predictors of changes in QOL, we used multivariable linear mixed models.

Results

We enrolled 97% of elig

SUBMITTER: El-Jawahri AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4352120 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature