SynthesisJournal of hepatology2009
A review of quality of life instruments used in liver transplantation.
Synthesis in Journal of hepatology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06577480 (Investigation of Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Post-Liver Transplant Quality of Life), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Investigation of Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Post-Liver Transplant Quality of Life (pLTQ) Questionnaire
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Quality of Measurement Properties in Patient Reported Outcomes Used in Adult Liver Transplant Candidates and Recipients: a Systematic Review.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-reported outcome measures used in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis: a systematic review.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2018Pooled it
- Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation-Results from a Large European Multinational Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- From graft survival to life: redefining success after pediatric liver transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026Review
- Main factors influencing long-term outcomes of liver transplantation in 2022.World journal of hepatology · 2023Review
- European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Outcome Measures in Liver Transplantation According to Value-Based Health Care.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Article
- AL Amyloidosis for Cardiologists: Awareness, Diagnosis, and Future Prospects:JACC. CardioOncology · 2022Review
- Illness cognitions and health-related quality of life in liver transplant patients related to length of stay, comorbidities and complications.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Quality of life in liver transplant recipients during the Corona virus disease 19 pandemic: A multicentre study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2022Article
- Quality of Life and Its Determinants in Liver Transplantation Candidates: A Missed Link in Liver Care Program during the Waiting Time for Liver Transplantation.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Global Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Depression After Liver Transplant: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Gastro hep advances · 2022Review
- Factors affecting anxiety, depression, and self-care ability in patients who have undergone liver transplantation.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Impact of biliary complications on quality of life in live-donor liver transplant recipients.World journal of hepatology · 2021Article
- Donor quality of life after living donor liver transplantation: a review of the literature.Digestive medicine research · 2021Article
- Quality of life 5 years following liver transplantation.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Health-related quality of life after gastric cancer treatment in Brazil: Narrative review and reflections.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Review
- Beyond Survival: Targeting Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes After Liver Transplantation.Clinical liver disease · 2021Review
- Close Correlation between Frailty and Depressive State in Chronic Liver Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Adult liver transplantation: UK clinical guideline - part 2: surgery and post-operation.Frontline gastroenterology · 2020Review
- Quality of life as a fundamental outcome after curative intent gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma: lessons learned from patients.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2019Article
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Abstract
With improvements in patient and graft survival after liver transplantation, recipient quality of life (QOL) has become an important focus of patient care and clinical outcomes research. To provide a better understanding of the instruments used to assess QOL in the adult liver transplant population, we conducted a systematic review of the MEDLINE database and Cochrane library. Our review identified 128 relevant articles utilizing more than 50 different QOL instruments. Generic health status instruments are the most commonly used, and among them the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) are the most prevalent. Few studies (16%) included targeted, disease-specific instruments. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Quality of Life questionnaire, the Liver Disease Quality of Life questionnaire, and the Chronic Liver Disease questionnaire are the most frequently employed targeted instruments; however, these instruments have been designed to assess QOL in patients with chronic liver disease rather than patients after liver transplantation. The present review focuses on the psychometric properties of the existing QOL instruments and discusses their individual strengths and limitations in evaluating liver transplantation recipients. The lack of a gold-standard QOL instrument for liver transplant recipients is an impediment to cross-study comparisons. We conclude that the development of a QOL instrument specifically for liver transplant recipients will improve QOL assessment in this population leading to a more nuanced understanding of the factors that influence transplant recipients' well-being.
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