Evaluation of Quality of Life and Care Needs of Turkish Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Table 1

Demographic and treatment-related characteristics of patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ().

Variables
Age	⁢Mean ± sd 44.99 ± 13.93 (range: 20–69)
Gender
Male	54	54
Female	46	46
Age group
20–29	16	16
30–39	21	21
40–49	19	19
50–59	28	28
60–69	16	16
Marital status
Married	70	70
Single	30	30
Profession
Not working currently	24	24
Housewife	23	23
Clerk	14	14
Self-employed	14	14
Retired	14	14
Worker	11	11
Types of family
Elementary family	73	73
Traditional, large family	18	18
Broken family	9	9
History of chronic disease
No	80	80
Yes (diabetes, etc.)	20	20
Perceived health status
“Bad” (0–3 score)	42	42
“Moderate” (4–6 score)	46	46
“Good” (7–10 score)	12	12
Frequency of medical checkups
In case of presence of any symptom or problems	29	29
According to physician’s recommendations	24	24
No regular medical checkups	18	18
Once in six months	15	15
Once in three months	10	10
Once in a year	4	4
Type of transplantation
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	71	71
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	29	29
Indications for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Acute myeloid leukemia	26	26
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	22	22
Hodgkin’s disease	11	11
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	11	11
Chronic myeloid leukemia	6	6
Dysmyelopoietic syndrome	5	5
Severe immunodeficiencies	5	5
Autoimmune cytopenias	4	4
Multiple myeloma	1	1
Light chain deposition disease	1	1
Other disorders (bone marrow aplasia, etc.)	8	8
Current treatment
Acute-phase treatment following transplantation	59	59
Outpatient follow-up	29	29
Treatment of transplantation-related complications	12	12
History of hospitalization after transplantation
No	62	62
Yes (infection, chronic graft-versus-host disease, etc.)	38	38