Social Adaptation
Conditions
Keywords
Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Brief summary
1. To explore specific aspects of social adaptation such as social connectedness, occupational outcomes and family relationships in lymphoma patients after autologous blood or marrow transplantation (BMT). 2. To investigate how social adaptation varies with time lapsed since BMT and with the life stage as determined by patient?s age. Understanding both the positive and negative aspects of cancer and cancer therapy leads to opportunities to promote adaptive strategies.
Interventions
PROCEDURESemi structured personal interview
A trained research assistant will conduct in-person, in-depth semi-structured interviews at a location of the participants choosing. Participants will be asked to discuss their experiences with cancer, focusing especially on how their cancer affected their (1) work/education (2) relationships with their family (spouse, children, parents, siblings and other relatives) (3) their other social relationships
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Observational model
FAMILY_BASED
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Lymphoma patients treated with blood and marrow transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center 2. Age \> 18 years at the time of transplant 3. English speaking 4. Willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Specific aspects of social adaptation, such as social connectedness, occupational outcomes and family relationships in lymphoma patients after autologous blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) | 1 year |
| Social adaptation variation with time lapsed since BMT and with the life stage as determined by patient's age | 1 year |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed