Self-Regulatory Fatigue, Quality of Life, Health Behaviors, and Coping in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

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