ann. behav. med. DOI 10.1007/s12160-014-9621-z

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Self-Regulatory Fatigue, Quality of Life, Health Behaviors, and Coping in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Lise Solberg Nes, Ph.D. & Shawna L. Ehlers, Ph.D. & Christi A. Patten, Ph.D. & Dennis A. Gastineau, M.D.

# The Society of Behavioral Medicine 2014

Abstract Background Self-regulatory fatigue may play an important role in a complex medical illness. Purpose Examine associations between self-regulatory fatigue, quality of life, and health behaviors in patients pre(N=213) and 1-year post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT; N=140). Associations between self-regulatory fatigue and coping strategies pre-HSCT were also examined. Method Pre- and 1-year post-HSCT data collection. Hierarchical linear regression modeling. Results Higher self-regulatory fatigue pre-HSCT associated with lower overall, physical, social, emotional, and functional quality of life pre- (p’s

Self-regulatory fatigue, quality of life, health behaviors, and coping in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Self-regulatory fatigue may play an important role in a complex medical illness...
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