Quality of life and changes in the social dimension of hematopoietic stem cell transplants recipients

• Autor(a) principal: Machado,Celina Angélica Mattos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Marques,Angela da Costa Barcellos, Nogueira,Luciana de Alcantara, Lenhani,Bruna Eloise, Felix,Jorge Vinicius Cestari, Guimarães,Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt, Kalinke,Luciana Puchalski
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000100190
• topic: Quality of Life; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Social Isolation; Oncology Nursing; Neoplasms

ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess/correlate health-related quality of life with the social dimension of hematopoietic, autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant patients in the three years post-transplant. Methods: longitudinal, observational study with 55 patients, in a reference hospital in Latin America, from September 2013 to February 2019, using the Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core and Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy Bone Marrow Transplantation. Results: A total of 71% underwent allogeneic transplantation. The social dimension had low averages since the baseline stage (55, 21) and low scores (56) for quality of life in pancytopenia. There was a significant positive correlation between social dimension, quality of life in pancytopenia (p<0.01) and follow-up after hospital discharge (p<0.00). There is a significant difference (p<0.00) throughout the stages, however, not in terms of the type of transplant (p>0.36/0.86). Conclusions: patients with better assessments in the social dimension have a better quality of life. Interventions focusing on the multidimensionality of the quality of life construct are necessary.