Quality of Life for adult Clients Who Undergone Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Specialized Bone Marrow Transplantation Center in Baghdad City: A Cross Sectional Study Al-Bahadili Fadhel Farhan Kadhum1,*, Khalifa Mohammed Fadhel2 1Community Health Nursing, Ministry of Health, Iraq 2Community Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Fadhel Farhan Kadhum Al-Bahadili, Community Health Nursing, Ministry of Health, Iraq.
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract Evaluating the quality of life for adult clients who undergone bone marrow transplantation at the specialized bone marrow transplantation center in Baghdad City. A cross sectional design is carried out through the current study from 4th of March 2018 to 10th of November 2018. The study is conducted on adult clients who are visiting specialized bone marrow transplantation center in Baghdad city. A purposive sample ‟ non probability ” of (30) teenager (21) male (9) female and who are undergone bone marrow transplantation, six month after operation, with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) and Multiple Myeloma (MM). The pilot study was conducted to determine the questionnaire reliability through the use of split-half techniques and the computation of Cronbach alpha correlation coefficient. The content validity of the instrument was established through penal of (18) experts. Data were analyzed by application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The results show poor quality of life (QOL) for adult clients after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). And the results show a significant relationship between adult clients’ age and their (QOL). And no significant relationship between gender, marital status and socio-economic status and their (QOL). Top Keywords Quality of life, Bone marrow transplantation. Top |