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A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Factors Affecting Survival After Bone Marrow Transplantation

Received June 5, 2002; accepted Oct. 24, 2002. From the Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University. Address reprint requests to Dr. Hoodin, Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 537 Mark Jefferson Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; flora.hoodin{at}emich.edu (e-mail).

An electronic database search identified 15 studies of psychosocial factors affecting survival after bone marrow transplantation. The studies were assessed for methodological quality by two reviewers using the procedures of Bland and colleagues. Although some studies found that psychological variables affect survival after bone marrow transplantation, the reviewers' analysis of the methodologically sound studies suggested that survival after bone marrow transplantation is not substantively affected by depressed mood or other psychopathology in adults or by social support in adults or children. Longer survival may be related to lower "anxious preoccupation," higher "fighting spirit," and better quality of life ratings before and soon after transplant in adults. Overall, however, the literature is insufficiently developed to provide definitive evidence for a relationship between psychological variables and survival after bone marrow transplantation. Future primary studies in this area should be designed to maximize replicability and generalizability.

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