Quality of life following bone marrow transplantation: a comparison of patient reports with population norms

Bone Marrow Transplantation
H J SutherlandH A Messner

Abstract

All surviving patients who had received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant at the Princess Margaret Hospital were asked to participate in a health-related quality of life (HQL) study using the Medical Outcomes Survey-Short Form 36 (MOS SF-36), the Satisfaction with Life Domains Scale-Bone Marrow Transplantation (SLDS-BMT) and a current symptoms checklist. The main objective was to compare the health status of BMT survivors with age-adjusted population norms. Of the 251 patients contacted, 93% returned questionnaires. The median follow-up after BMT was 40 months, ranging from 1-253 months. On average, survivors had some diminished HQL relative to the health status of the population in general. Time since transplant had a significant influence on HQL; those less than 3 years from transplant experienced considerable impairment while those who had survived beyond this point were indistinguishable from the normal population in most domains and significantly better in certain psychosocial aspects of health. Many patients still reported symptoms months after BMT; some were mildly affected while others experienced more troublesome symptoms. However, 81% of patients were satisfied with the HQL outcome that they had achieved and 94% wo...Continue Reading

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