Social support as a moderator of healthcare adherence and distress in long-term hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has potentially severe effects on physical and psychosocial functioning. Poor social support has been linked with physical morbidity and mortality as well as psychological distress in HCT survivors. This study tested a theory-driven hypothesis that social support buffers adverse effects of health stressors of comorbidities and graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) on distress and adherence to recommended healthcare among long-term HCT survivors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study analyzed baseline data from a randomized controlled trial in adult survivors 3-18 years post-HCT. Data included medical records and patient-reported outcomes including cancer and treatment distress (CTXD), healthcare adherence (HCA), com

SUBMITTER: Norskov KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature