Purpose/Objectives: To test the feasibility and acceptability of a strength-training intervention in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Design: One-group prospective, repeated-measures design. Setting: Academic medical center in the midwestern United States. Sample:...

Prpose/Objectives: To describe the natural pace and pattern of activity resumption in the first six months after stem cell transplantation (SCT). Design: Longitudinal, descriptive survey. Setting: Bone marrow transplantation program of a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer...

Purpose/Objectives: To examine practice variation in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) nursing and to identify the gap between recommended standards of practice and actual practice across settings. Additional practices relevant to HSCT nursing also were explored. Research Approach:...

Purpose/Objectives : To identify growth patterns and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in pediatric patients during the first four months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and to assess whether an association exists between acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and growth pattern...