OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this retrospective study was to determine levels of psychological distress and quality of life (QoL) immediately prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The secondary aim was to examine the demographic, medical and psychosocial factors that were correlated with various QoL domains at this stage of treatment. METHODS: A series of measures was completed by 122 allograft patients as part of routine psychological assessment at the treating hospital prior to undergoing the transplant. These included the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and the World Health Organisation Quality of Life-BREF. Demographic and medical data were also extracted. RESULTS: In this study, 12% and 14% of the sample experienced significant levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms, respectively. Half of the sample reported impaired physical QoL, whereas approximately 40% reported poor psychological and social QoL. Besides relationship status, the limited number of demographic (age and gender) and medical factors (disease status) tested did not contribute significantly to reported QoL. After controlling for medical and demographic factors, weaker Fighting Spirit and higher levels of depression (trend towards significance) were associated with poorer physical and social QoL. CONCLUSIONS: The association among psychological distress, coping responses and QoL indicates that poor psychosocial functioning pre-transplant renders an increased likelihood of experiencing impaired QoL across various dimensions. It thus seems important that psychologically vulnerable patients are identified early in the treatment process. If psychosocial adjustment were improved, patients may experience better QoL pre-transplant with a potential subsequent influence on post-transplant outcomes.
OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this retrospective study was to determine levels of psychological distress and quality of life (QoL) immediately prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The secondary aim was to examine the demographic, medical and psychosocial factors that were correlated with various QoL domains at this stage of treatment. METHODS: A series of measures was completed by 122 allograft patients as part of routine psychological assessment at the treating hospital prior to undergoing the transplant. These included the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and the World Health Organisation Quality of Life-BREF. Demographic and medical data were also extracted. RESULTS: In this study, 12% and 14% of the sample experienced significant levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms, respectively. Half of the sample reported impaired physical QoL, whereas approximately 40% reported poor psychological and social QoL. Besides relationship status, the limited number of demographic (age and gender) and medical factors (disease status) tested did not contribute significantly to reported QoL. After controlling for medical and demographic factors, weaker Fighting Spirit and higher levels of depression (trend towards significance) were associated with poorer physical and social QoL. CONCLUSIONS: The association among psychological distress, coping responses and QoL indicates that poor psychosocial functioning pre-transplant renders an increased likelihood of experiencing impaired QoL across various dimensions. It thus seems important that psychologically vulnerable patients are identified early in the treatment process. If psychosocial adjustment were improved, patients may experience better QoL pre-transplant with a potential subsequent influence on post-transplant outcomes.
Authors: Richard J Lin; Parastoo B Dahi; Armin Shahrokni; Saman Sarraf; Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki; Sean M Devlin; Molly A Maloy; Gunjan L Shah; Ann A Jakubowski; Sergio A Giralt Journal: Leuk Lymphoma Date: 2019-06-21
Authors: Areej El-Jawahri; Yi-Bin Chen; Ruta Brazauskas; Naya He; Stephanie J Lee; Jennifer M Knight; Navneet Majhail; David Buchbinder; Raquel M Schears; Baldeep M Wirk; William A Wood; Ibrahim Ahmed; Mahmoud Aljurf; Jeff Szer; Sara M Beattie; Minoo Battiwalla; Christopher Dandoy; Miguel-Angel Diaz; Anita D'Souza; Cesar O Freytes; James Gajewski; Usama Gergis; Shahrukh K Hashmi; Ann Jakubowski; Rammurti T Kamble; Tamila Kindwall-Keller; Hilard M Lazarus; Adriana K Malone; David I Marks; Kenneth Meehan; Bipin N Savani; Richard F Olsson; David Rizzieri; Amir Steinberg; Dawn Speckhart; David Szwajcer; Helene Schoemans; Sachiko Seo; Celalettin Ustun; Yoshiko Atsuta; Jignesh Dalal; Carmem Sales-Bonfim; Nandita Khera; Theresa Hahn; Wael Saber Journal: Cancer Date: 2017-01-19 Impact factor: 6.860
Authors: Timothy S Sannes; Teresa L Simoneau; Susan K Mikulich-Gilbertson; Crystal L Natvig; Benjamin W Brewer; Kristin Kilbourn; Mark L Laudenslager Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2018-10-24 Impact factor: 3.603
Authors: Areej R El-Jawahri; Harry B Vandusen; Lara N Traeger; Joel N Fishbein; Tanya Keenan; Emily R Gallagher; Joseph A Greer; William F Pirl; Vicki A Jackson; Thomas R Spitzer; Yi-Bin A Chen; Jennifer S Temel Journal: Cancer Date: 2015-12-09 Impact factor: 6.860