Naslov
Denial in the patients treated with bone marrow transplantation

Autori
Gregurek, Rudolf ; Ladika, Irena ; Klain, Eduard

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 20 (1996), 2; 345-351

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
acute leukemia; alogenous transplantation; denial; psychotherapy

Sažetak
Anxiety is the accompanying phenomenon of all stressful situations. Bone marrow transplantation with uncertainty of its result and painfulness of therapeutic procedures (cytostatic therapy, irradiation, insertion of catheter etc.) contributes to the development of anxiety. The present research evaluates denial as the dominant defence mechanism in patients treated with alogenous bone marrow transplantation. The results are analyzed as to the sex of the patients and the outcome of treatment of a selected group of patients who suffered from acute leucose and underwent alogenous bone marrow transplantation. According to the findings, denial was their predominant defence mechanism. Also, a statistically significant difference in using denial was found between the patients who survived the transplantation procedure and those who did not - in the second group denial was significantly more explicit in the first few days of the treatment. These results might serve as a motivation for similar researches in the future in order to achieve a more successful outcome of the treatment of these patients.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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