Psychosocial aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Table 1 Characteristics of diagnostic instruments used for screening psychosocial risks and quality of life in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

Diagnostic instrument	Factors	Aim	No. of items	Score range	Ref.
Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation	4: Social support, psychological health, lifestyle factors, and understanding of transplant and follow-up	To stratify psychosocial risk in solid organ transplant recipients	8	8-40	Olbrisch et al[19], 1989
Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale	Not divided into factors	To assess the reliability and validity of the selection of transplant candidates	10	26.6-79.5	Twillman et al[20], 1993
Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation	4: Patients’ level of readiness and illness management; level of readiness of patients’ social support system; psychological stability and psychopathology; and lifestyle and substance use	To assess the psychosocial variables and behaviors that frequently have negative effects on all types of transplant candidates	18	0-115	Maldonado et al[21], 2015
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT)-version 4	4: Physical well-being, social/family well-being, emotional well-being, and functional well-being	To measure dimensions of health-related quality of life in cancer patients	27	0-108	Cella et al[22], 1993
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Bone Marrow Transplant (FACT-BMT)–version 4	5: Physical, functional, emotional and social well-being, and BMT-specific complaints	To evaluate multidimensional aspects of quality of life in BMT patients	27 (FACT) +23 (BMT specific)	0-200	McQuellon et al[23], 1997

FACT: Functional assessment of cancer therapy; BMT: Bone marrow transplant.