ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020
Health-related quality of life of transplant recipients: a comparison between lung, kidney, heart, and liver recipients.
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- 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
- Does oral health-related quality of life of patients after solid organ transplantation indicate a response shift? Results of a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2020Pooled it
- The Stage-Based Psychosocial Adaptation Model for Lung Transplantation (SPA-LT): A Proposed Longitudinal Conceptual Framework for Clinical Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Alopecia areata in solid organ transplant recipients: A retrospective analysis.JAAD international · 2025Article
- A narrative review on the psychosocial domains of the impact of organ transplantation.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Stigma, quality of life, and return-to-work outcomes among organ and tissue transplant recipients in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Article
- Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Transplant Effects-Gender Differences Following Liver Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Analysis of the Influence of a Patient's Sex on Quality of Life in Liver and Kidney Transplantation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Quality of life and its association with predictors in lung transplant recipients: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Ex-Vivo Preservation with the Organ Care System in High Risk Heart Transplantation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The translation and validation of the Organ Transplant Symptom and Well-Being Instrument in China.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Impact of biliary complications on quality of life in live-donor liver transplant recipients.World journal of hepatology · 2021Article
- Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiovascular Trials.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2021Review
- Deceased donor kidney transplant in a 70-year-old Jehovah's Witness patient: to transplant or not to transplant-a case report.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuality 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.
methodsIn 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.
resultsHeart 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.
conclusionsThe 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.
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