Acta Med. 2007, 50: 119-124

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.67

Quality of Life in Adult Patients Treated with Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation: the Effect of Selected Psychosocial, Demographics and Health Aspects on Quality of Life: a Retrospective Analysis

Ladislav Slováčeka,b, Birgita Slováčkovác, Ladislav Jebavýb,d, Vladimír Pavlíke

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bUniversity of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Science Hradec Králové, Department of Field Internal Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Department of Psychiatry, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
dCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, 2nd Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Haematology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
eUniversity of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Science Hradec Králové, Department of Field Hygiene, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received February 1, 2007
Accepted April 1, 2007

Aim: this retrospective study analyses the effect of selected psychosocial, demographics and health aspects on quality of life (QoL) in adult patients treated with peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation (PBPCT). Patients and Methods: The total number of respondents treated with PBPCT between the years 2001–2003 was 95. The return rate of QoL questionnaires was 72.1 % (71 respondents). There were 100 % ratable QoL questionnaire. The average age of all respondents was 55.5 years old. The Czech version of an international generic European Quality of Life Questionnaire – Version EQ-5D was used. The effect of selected aspects on QoL of patients was determined by analysis of variance. The QoL questionnaires were evaluated with descriptive analysis. Results: The above-mentioned aspects proved statistically significant dependence of QoL (EQ-5D score – QoL dimensions, EQ-5D VAS – subjective health condition) on age, increasing number of associated diseases, religion and type of disease. The effect of other aspects on QoL was not proven statistically significant. The QoL in adult patients treated with PBPCT declines with increasing age and with the increasing number of associated diseases. People of faith have a higher level of QoL than non-believers. Patients with multiple myeloma treated with PBPCT have the most low QoL. Conclusion: The global QoL in an adult patients treated with PBPCT is on a good level.

Funding

The study was supported by research project of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic No. FVZ0000503.

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