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Health-related quality of life in adult heart-transplant recipients-a systematic review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Identifying and understanding the health-related quality of life outcomes experienced by solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review of qualitative research.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Pooled it
- The Effect of Everolimus Versus Calcineurin Inhibitors on Quality of Life 10-12 Years After Heart Transplantation: The Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (SCHEDULE Trial).Clinical transplantation · 2024Trial
- Tremor, Daily Functioning, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Trial
- High-intensity interval training and health-related quality of life in de novo heart transplant recipients - results from a randomized controlled trial.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Trial
- Post-Heart Transplant Changes and Perceived Donor-Recipient Correspondences: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- A comparative analysis of echocardiographic data for heart transplant eligibility in brain death cases.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Exposure to warfare and demoralization: acute stress symptoms and disengaged coping as a mediators.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Fatigue, Sleep Problems, and Self-Efficacy Before and After Heart Transplantation: A 5 Year Follow-Up.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- Does race influence health-related quality of life outcomes in older patients who undergo advanced cardiac surgical therapies?JHLT open · 2025Article
- Care of Adult Heart Transplant Recipients by the Primary Care Provider: A Practical Roadmap.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Advancements in Heart Transplantation: Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA as Next-Generation Biomarker.Cureus · 2024Review
- Health-related quality of life and psychological indicators of thriving 15-19 years after heart or lung transplantation.Clinical transplantation · 2022Article
- Impact of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Donors on Days Alive and Out of Hospital after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Demoralization: Where it stands-and where we can take it: A bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Comparison of Quality of Life Between Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Recipients.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Symptom Occurrence and Distress after Heart Transplantation-A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Oral health-related quality of life of patients after heart transplantation and those with heart failure is associated with general health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Osteopathic approach with a patient undergoing cardiac transplantation: the five diaphragms.International medical case reports journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth-related quality of life is a multidimensional concept to assess the impact of medical interventions from an individual perspective. This concept is important to evaluate benefits of heart transplantation. This systematic review was conducted to determine (1) posttransplant health-related quality of life in heart transplantation patients and (2) influencing factors of health-related quality of life.
methodsA systematic review of cross-sectional, prospective and mixed methods studies published from November 2007 to November 2017 was conducted on PsycINFO, PSYNDEX and PubMed using a combination of the keywords heart transplantation, heart transplantation patient, quality of life, and health-related quality of life.
resultsA total of 14 studies with a cross-sectional design, 6 studies with a prospective design and 2 mixed-methods studies were identified. The stability of health-related quality of life up to 10 years after transplantation has been reported. Most often generic scales, such as SF-36 (8) and WHOQoL-BREF (7) were used for data collection. Demoralization, depression, pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, sexual dysfunction, and poor oral health influence health-related quality of life negatively, whereas social and family support have a positive impact.
conclusionAlthough health-related quality of life is positively influenced by transplantation, further research regarding gender differences is needed. Disease-specific scales were rarely used.
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