Health-Related Quality of Life among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among sibling pediatric hematopoietic stem cell donors from predonation through 1 year postdonation, to compare donor-reported HRQoL scores with proxy-reports by parents/guardians and those of healthy norms, and to identify predonation factors (including donor age) potentially associated with postdonation HRQoL, to better understand the physical and psychosocial effects of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell donation.

Study design

A random sample of 105 pediatric donors from US centers and a parent/guardian were interviewed by telephone predonation and 4 weeks and 1 year postdonation. The interview included sociodemographic, psychosocial, and HRQoL items. A sample of healthy controls matched to donors by age, gender,

SUBMITTER: Switzer GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5085860 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature