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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2021

Health-related quality of life predicts length of hospital stay and survival rates for pediatric patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Ying-Mei Liu, Tang-Her Jaing, Yu-Chuan Wen, Shih-Hsiang Chen, Pei-Yin Weng, Lin Lin, Chia-Ling Wu

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Ying-Mei LiuDepartment of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ymliu@mail.cgust.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-9871
Tang-Her JaingDepartment of Pediatrics, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yu-Chuan WenDepartment of Nursing, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Shih-Hsiang ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Pei-Yin WengDepartment of Nursing, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Lin LinSchool of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Chia-Ling WuDepartment of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University of Science and Technology · TWUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou CMRPF3G0071Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 104-2314-B-255-004Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 105-2314-B-255-003
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purposeWe examined the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of pediatric patients during hospitalization for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and length of hospital stay, and 1-year survival.

methodsPrimary family caregivers were proxy-assessors for the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Stem Cell Transplant Module at three time points: 5-days pre-HCT (T0); 14-days post-HCT (engraftment, T1); and 1-week before hospital discharge (T2). Cox regression analyses determined predictors of the overall 1-year survival after allogeneic HCT.

resultsThirty-nine eligible caregivers completed all assessments. The mean age of the pediatric patients was 9.07 years (SD = 5.2). PedsQL Stem Cell Transplant Module scores decreased from 71.33 (SD = 13.26) at T0 to 55.41(SD = 13.05) at T1 (p < 0.001) and increased to 68.46 (SD = 13.97) at T2 (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference between scores at T0 and T2. Longer length of hospital stay was associated with children who were younger and had greater relative changes in scores on the caregiver-proxy PedsQL Stem Cell Transplant Module from T0 to T1. PedsQL Stem Cell Transplant Module scores ≥ 58.07 at T2 were associated with higher 1-year survival rates (Hazard Ratio = 0.12, 95% Confidence Interval = 0.02-0.78; p = 0.03).

conclusionOur findings suggest that assessment of HRQoL during early HCT can add prognostic value beyond demographic and HCT factors. Understanding the HRQoL status during hospitalization for HCT could help identify pediatric patients with low prospects of 1-year survival in order to provide support interventions to improve HRQoL and survival rates.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationQuality of LifeCaregiversChildHumansLength of StaySurvival RateHematopoietic cell transplantationPediatricQuality of lifeSurvival

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