title: Coping and survival in patients with leukemia undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation--long-term follow-up of a prospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The exploratory study examined the relationship between coping and survival in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients scheduled for BMT were recruited from 1990 until 1995 at the University Hospital of Ulm, Germany. They were interviewed before transplantation, and the corresponding records were checked in December 2002. Seventy-two audiotaped interviews could be analyzed for 34 coping strategies as defined in the Ulm Coping Manual (UCM). Main outcome measure was survival time post-BMT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On average, the patients were 35 years old, 65% were male, and 56% diagnosed acute leukemia (AL). Four coping strategies were found to show a clear trend towards an association with survival time: emotional support, acceptance, taking control, and compensation. The last strategy was associated with shorter, the others with longer survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found further evidence for an association between coping and survival. Because of the possible wide-reaching consequences for clinical management, replication of the data is essential.
authors.affiliation: University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotheraphy, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany. norbert.grulke@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grulke
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bailer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hertenstein
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kächele
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tschuschke
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heimpel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous