Quality of life and care in leukemia,myeloma and non-malignant disease. Opinions of patients and relatives,and effects of geography and time |
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Authors: | Eva Ösby Peter Reizenstein |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, S-104 01, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract: | In a questionnaire study 140 subjects answered 4200 questions in 1980 and 1986. They consisted of patients with myeloma, acute
leukemia, lung carcinoma, and non-malignant disease and their relatives. In 22 additional cases the questionnaire was not
answered.
The results show that myeloma patients are less content with the general care than leukemia patients (P < 0.05). Similarly, relatives of deceased myeloma patients are less satisfied with the information given to them than relatives
of deceased leukemia patients (P < 0.001). The information has improved with time, however, since the patients were more satisfied in 1986 than in 1980 (P < 0.001) and relatives of myeloma patients still alive were more satisfied than relatives of patients who had died earlier
(P < 0.001). |
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Keywords: | Multiple myeloma Leukemia Quality of life and care |
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