Study

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

Author's label		Our subject description
Bone marrow transplantation	show	Earlier medical treatment
Bone marrow transplantation	show	Organ transplantation, also classified as above ↑