Health-related quality of life in haematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors: a qualitative study on the role of psychosocial variables and response shifts
โ Scribed by Rebecca J. Beeken; Christine Eiser; Christopher Dalley
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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## Introduction: The haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a treatment option for haematological malignancies, solid tumors, and non-malignant diseases as well. The HSCT has an influence on the course of the disease and the quality of life (QoL) similar to other curative methods. ##
## Background Quality of life (QoL) is defi ned as "a patient's subjective evaluation of his life situation". QoL evaluation is carried out by means of generic and specifi c questionnaires. Generic QoL questionnaires generally evaluate a patient's overall condition regardless of his disease. Speci