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Health-related quality of life of transplant recipients: a comparison between lung, kidney, heart, and liver recipients.
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Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation [Qual Life Res] 2020 Jun; Vol. 29 (6), pp. 1631-1639. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 03. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background: Quality of life and psychological responses to transplantation are constructs used to assess various psychosocial aspects after organ transplantation. The purpose of this study is to compare physical, psychological, social, and environmental quality of life between recipients of four organs: liver, lung, heart, and kidney.<br />Methods: In order to compare the four types of quality of life and emotional responses post-transplant, HRQOL and TxEQ questionnaires were administered to 427 transplant recipients.<br />Results: Heart and liver recipients report significantly higher health-related quality of life than lung and kidney recipients. Heart and lung patients report significantly fewer concerns and worries than liver and kidney patients. New additional variables were explored in our study: psychological connection to the living donor/deceased donor's family and commitment to them. We also found that heart recipients feel their personality traits changed, postoperative.<br />Conclusions: The contribution of our study was the finding that ethno-religious and psychosocial variables have a positive effect on four dimensions of HRQOL. It may be useful to design psychological support interventions specifically adapted to patients after organ transplantation that aim at enhancing patients' HRQOL and alleviating negative emotional responses.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Anxiety psychology
Death
Emotions
Female
Health Status
Humans
Living Donors
Male
Middle Aged
Religion and Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Heart Transplantation psychology
Kidney Transplantation psychology
Liver Transplantation psychology
Lung Transplantation psychology
Quality of Life psychology
Transplant Recipients psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-2649
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32016682
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02434-4