Healthy and Psychosocial Aspects of Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing
Autologous Progenitor Stem Cell Transplantation
1,2Slováček L., 3Slováčková B., 1,2Jebavý L.
1Katedra válečného vnitřního lékařství, Fakulta vojenského zdravotnictví Univerzity obrany, Hradec Králové 2II. interní klinika – Oddělení klinické hematologie FN a LF UK, Hradec Králové 3Psychiatrická klinika FN, Hradec Králové |
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Summary:
Background. The haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a specific therapy used not only for the treatment of
haematooncological diseases, but also for the treatment of the solid tumours and some of the non-malignant diseases.
The haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has an influence on the course of the disease and the quality of life as
any other curative method. The authors explore the quality of life in 12 adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia
undergoing autologous progenitor stem cell transplantation at the Department of Clinical Haematology of the 2nd
Department of Internal Medicine of Charles University Hospital in Hradec Králové.
Methods and Results. The European Quality of Life Questionnaire EQ-5D was used in evaluating effects of the
selected healthy and psychosocial aspects on the quality of life (age, sex, level of education, religion, smoking abuse,
polymorbidity, marital status and lapse time from transplantation). The results show that quality of life significantly
depends on the age, level of education, smoking abuse, religion and polymorbidity. Effects of other aspects on
the quality of life were not revealed.
Conclusions. The global quality of life in our adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing autologous
progenitor stem cell transplantation at the Department of Clinical Haematology of 2nd Department of Internal Medicine
of Charles University Hospital in Hradec Králové is on greatly good level (mean EQ-5D score was 75,1 % and
mean EQ-5D VAS was 67,5 %).
Key words:
quality of life, acute myeloid leukaemia, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, quality of life
questionnaire.
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