Quality of life in stem cell transplant patients — a literature review

3233 Safe in the bubble, out into the unknown: Returning home following allogeneic stem cell transplantation: A phenomenological study

“…In the thirty-two studies included in an integrative review (Hacker 2003) investigating quality of life in adult patients undergoing bone marrow transplant or peripheral blood stem cell transplant over a decade, only five stipulated a definition of quality of life. Liptrott (2007) similarly acknowledges the difficulties of applying quality of life assessment to clinical practice in view of the wide variation of measures used and the relative importance attached to their specific domains.…”

“…Her review (Liptrott 2007) examines both the qualitative and quantitative methods of assessing the impact of HSCT on QoL and notes both the multidimensional nature of the measures and the multiple separate scales. The outcomes of the studies appear to be influenced considerably by the context of the methodology and perception of quality of life from the instruments used.…”