title: [Social connection: a report of the SFGM-TC on the maintaining social and family connections during Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To set up the minimal conditions necessary to ensure that the social and familial network of the patient is preserved during the hospital stay for allogeneic hematopoïetic stem cell transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A national survey was conducted to increase knowledge about the conditions of hospital stay of adult and pediatric stem cell recipients. Then a multidisciplinary panel of health workers including doctors and nurses met to establish recommendations for maintaining the social and familial relationships optimally during the HSCT procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Practices and policies are very heterogeneous among the transplant centers. No consensus has been established and the literature data are scarce. The panel has thus established a list of recommendations to maintain optimal relationships between the patient and his relatives and friends during the hospital stay. The objective is to ensure a better acceptation of the isolation conditions and to facilitate the return home after D30.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since there is no established scientific background for drastic isolation conditions, a multi-disciplinary approach in relationship with patients associations should allow softening of the procedures without impairing the quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie hôpital Archet 1, CHU de Nice, 151, route de Saint-Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06200 Nice cedex 03, France. Electronic address: rohrlich.ps@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rohrlich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerautret
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bancillon
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vauzelle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertrand-Letort
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Samy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guiraud
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yakoub-Agha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D032921:Consensus; D003625:Data Collection; D005190:Family; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation; Allogreffés de cellules souches hématopoïétiques; Entourage; Family; Liens sociaux; Patient; Patients; Social connections