Home care–managed patients face several barriers making access to holiday difficult. During the trimester from June 15 to September 15, 2012, 54 hematological patients were attended by home care service; of these, only 6 (11%) have moved away from home to reach a holiday destination; advanced or terminal disease and high transfusion rate (>3 units/month) seems to negatively affect patients’ access to holiday in our series. Larger studies should be designed to definitely clarify the main barriers to transfer, enabling physicians to plan interventions aimed to bypass these obstacles.
de BloomJGeurtsSAKompierMA. Effects of short vacations, vacation activities and experiences on employee health and well-being. Stress Health. 2012;28:305-318.
2.
de BloomJGeurtsSASonnentagSTarisTde WeerthCKompierMA. How does a vacation from work affect employee health and well-being?Psychol Health. 2011;26:1606-1622.
3.
NiscolaPde FabritiisPCartoniC. Home care management of patients affected by hematologic malignancies: a review. Haematologica. 2006;91:1523-1529.
4.
NiscolaPTendasAGiovanniniM. Transfusions at home in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Res. 2012;36:684-688.
5.
TendasANiscolaPAlesM. Disability and physical rehabilitation in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed in a home care program. Support Care Cancer. 2009;17:1559-1560.
6.
NiscolaPCartoniCRomaniC. Epidemiology, features and outcome of pain in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed in a home care program: an Italian survey. Ann Hematol. 2007;86:671-676.
7.
GirmeniaCMoletiMLCartoniC. Management of infective complications in patients with advanced hematologic malignancies in home care. Leukemia. 1997;11:1807-1812.
8.
CartoniCNiscolaPBrecciaM. Hemorrhagic complications in patients with advanced hematological malignancies followed at home: an Italian experience. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009;50:387-391.
