Quality of Life After Stem Cell Transplantation
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer High-dose Chemotherapy module (EORTC HDC-29).
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who are aged more than 18 years * Patients who are diagnosed with hematologic malignancies and who are planned to receive high-dose chemotherapy followed by allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) * Patients who agree with the informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who are unable to complete the questionnaire due to the serious physical or psychological morbidity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the EORTC HDC-29 | at the patient's hospitalization (before the SCT) and the outpatient clinic (three, six, and 12 months after their SCT) | Relaibility; Cronbach's alpha coefficient is used to evaluate the internal consistency. Validity; Persons's correlation coefficient is used to examine the correlation between similar dimensions of the different questionnaires. |
Countries
South Korea