Measuring social activities and social function in long‐term cancer survivors who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Karen L. Syrjala, Allison C. Stover, Jean C. Yi, Samantha B. Artherholt, Janet Abrams

Psycho-Oncology · 2009 · 53 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Results support the use of the SAL as a measure of social activity in cancer survivors who received HSCT. Although the SAL is designed to measure social behaviors, SF-36 social function assesses subjective experience and is more strongly associated with depression and fatigue. The SAL appears to be a promising tool to understand the behavioral social deficits reported by long-term survivors of cancer.

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