Social impairment of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the impairment of social and emotional domains of hospitalized patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cells transplantation. METHOD an observational, longitudinal study with 25 participants evaluated in the period of pre-transplant, pancytopenia and pre-hospital discharge between September 2013 and September 2014, in a reference hospital for this treatment modality in Brazil. Two international instruments were used, both of which translated and adapted to Portuguese (Brazil): Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 and Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy - Bone Marrow Transplantation. RESULTS patients have shown a statistically significant decrease in the social domain, and stability of the emotional function along the course of treatment. CONCLUSION hematopoietic stem cell transplantation changes the social function of patients with hematologic cancer during hospitalization stage. Thus, patients should receive guidance addressing the social domain in order that it can be less affected.