Publication | |
Author(s) | Baker, F.; Curbow, B.; Wingard, J.R. |
Title | Quality of Life of Bone Marrow Transplant Long-Term Survivors. |
Source | Bone Marrow Transplantation, 1994, Vol. 13, 589 - 596 |
URL | http://www.nature.com/bmt/index.html |
Investigation | |
Public | Bone marrow transplant survivors 5 years after transplant, United States, 1992 |
Only patients older than 18 years at the time of the survey | |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
Patients who had a bone marrow transplantation aged 9-50 years were surveyed. At the time of the survey all were older than 18 years. | |
Sample | Non-probability purposive-expert sample |
Only patients older than 18 years and not in life-threatening response at the time of the survey, were interviewed | |
Respondents N = | 157 |
171 patients were eligble, 157 were contacted, 135 responded. Response rate: 68% | |
Non Response | 22 |
2 patients died during the study and 11 could not be contacted | |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
12 patients could not be contacted | |
General remarks | Patients all transplanted in John Hopkins univ. school of Hygiene and Public Health, for aplast, anaemia and haematologic malignancy. Age at BMT: 9-50 years, age at FU: 18-53 years 171 patients eligible, 157 contacted, 135 responded |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on 10 questions: During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no) A Particularly excited or interested in something? B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair? C Proud because someone complimented you on something you had done? D Very lonely or remote from other people? E Pleased about having accomplished something? F Bored? G On top of the world? H Depressed or very unhappy? I That things were going your way? J Upset because someone criticized you? Answer options and scoring: yes = 1 no = 0 Summation: -Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I -Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J -Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range: -5 to +5 Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) |
Classification | A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a |
Author's label | Quality of life |
Page in publication | 590 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
Full text | Selfreport on single question How satisfied are you with your life as a whole? 7 delighted 6 5 4 3 2 1 very unhappy Last question in 42 item SLDS scale in which many questions about satisfaction with life domains and health Possibly a time reference was mentioned at the start of this questionnaire |
Classification | O-DT-?-sq-f-7-d |
Author's label | Lifeaswhole |
Page in publication | 591 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 5.59 | 7.65 |
Standard deviation | 1.36 | 2.27 |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Bone marrow transplantation | show | Earlier medical treatment |
Bone marrow transplantation | show | Organ transplantation, also classified as above ↑ |