ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2013
Posttraumatic stress symptoms after solid-organ transplantation: preoperative risk factors and the impact on health-related quality of life and life satisfaction.
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- PTSD in solid organ transplant recipients: Current understanding and future implications.Pediatric transplantation · 2016Pooled it
- Posttraumatic stress disorder in organ transplant recipients: a systematic review.General hospital psychiatryPooled it
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- Factors Influencing Stress Disorders in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients After Liver Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Study.Annals of transplantation · 2024Article
- Donor and Donation Images (DDI)-A Scoping Review of What We Know and What We Don't.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Quality of Life Domains in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Relationship Between Importance and Satisfaction Ratings.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Assessment of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) as a potential biomarker of severe stress in patients vulnerable to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after acute myocardial infarction.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- ICD-11 Adjustment Disorder among Organ Transplant Patients and Their Relatives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Relationship Between Self-Perceived Health, Vitality, and Posttraumatic Growth in Liver Transplant Recipients.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Psychological Resilience as a Protective Factor for the Body Image in Post-Mastectomy Women with Breast Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Health-related quality of life and affective status in liver transplant recipients and patients on the waiting list with low MELD scores.HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association · 2016Article
- Our paper 20 years later: 1-year survival and 6-month quality of life after intensive care.Intensive care medicine · 2015Article
- Organ transplant & the psychiatrist: An overview.The Indian journal of medical research · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundSolid-organ transplantations (SOT) are usually life-saving high-tech medical procedures. The transplantation itself and the intensive care unit stay could be traumatic stressors triggering posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Our retrospective follow-up study aimed to explore preoperative risk factors of PTSS in a cohort of SOT recipients, and we investigated how PTSS are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and life satisfaction.
methods126 SOT recipients were enrolled in this investigation. Psychiatric examination of all SOT candidates based on the Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale was carried out before SOT, and after SOT, recipients completed the PTSS-10, the SF-36 and the FLZ.
resultsAfter the surgical intervention 19 (15.1%) SOT recipients had clinical significant PTSS. Preoperative risk factors for developing postoperative PTSS were: 1.) preexisting psychiatric morbidity, 2.) history of retransplantation, 3.) chronic benzodiazepine consumption, 4.) age, and 5.) type of transplantation.SOT-related PTSS were associated with maximal decrements in HRQOL and life satisfaction. The following HRQOL and life satisfaction domains were affected: Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning, Role Emotional, Mental Health, Occupation/Work and Character/Own Skills.
conclusionSOT recipients may face a major risk of transplantation- and treatment-related PTSS and the development of impairments to HRQOL and life satisfaction.
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