Quality of life for patients with long term anaemia self-managing red cell transfusions
Phase 4
- Conditions
- chronic anaemiaBlood - Anaemia
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620001097932
- Lead Sponsor
- Australian National University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
1.Be 18 years of age or older;
2.Have a benign or malignant haematological disorder requiring recurrent transfusions predominantly in an outpatient setting;
3.Have an expected ongoing need for transfusion over at least the next three months;
4.Have provided fully informed consent to the study, or have declined to participate in the full study, but have provided consent for a single interview on their reasons for non-participation.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Lacking capacity to provide informed consent;
2.Have not provided consent to any aspect of the study;
3.Have transfusions for the treatment of sickle cell disease or thalassaemia;
4.Unable to speak or read English (FACT-An and interviews are in English)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life as measured by change in FACT-Anaemia score [Prior to third transfusion episode]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method