caregiver support in the coping of patients who are undergoing a donor bone marrow transplant

Conditions: Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases; Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Summary: rationale: questionnaires that measure coping may improve the ability to plan supportive care for patients undergoing donor bone marrow transplant. purpose: this clinical trial is studying coping in patients who are undergoing a donor bone marrow transplant.

objectives: * investigate the relative importance of having a consistent inpatient lay care-partner for patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, in terms of the effects on modes of adjustment to illness and survival. outline: patients undergo a 40-minute recorded oral interview in person to provide personal and social demographic data using a 20-item questionnaire (the adjustment to illness questionnaire-bone marrow transplantation) at baseline (pre-transplant) and at day 100 post-transplant. projected accrual: a total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility criteria:
disease characteristics: * medically suitable for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation patient characteristics: * resides locally in the cleveland, ohio area prior concurrent therapy: * not specified

Keywords: psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (mll) abnormalities adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22) accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission atypical chronic myeloid leukemia blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis chronic myelomonocytic leukemia chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia de novo myelodysplastic syndromes extranodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disease, unclassifiable nodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult burkitt lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii mantle cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii marginal zone lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia recurrent adult burkitt lymphoma recurrent adult hodgkin lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent mantle cell lymphoma recurrent marginal zone lymphoma recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory hairy cell leukemia relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia secondary acute myeloid leukemia secondary myelodysplastic syndromes splenic marginal zone lymphoma stage i multiple myeloma stage ii multiple myeloma stage iii adult burkitt lymphoma stage iii adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iii chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iii grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iii mantle cell lymphoma stage iii marginal zone lymphoma stage iii multiple myeloma stage iii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iv adult burkitt lymphoma stage iv adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iv adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iv adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iv chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iv grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iv mantle cell lymphoma stage iv marginal zone lymphoma stage iv small lymphocytic lymphoma