Psychosocial profiles after transplantation: a 24-month follow-up of heart, lung, liver, kidney and allogeneic bone-marrow patients. Transplantation [Transplantation] Journal article | | Title | Psychosocial profiles after transplantation: a 24-month follow-up of heart, lung, liver, kidney and allogeneic bone-marrow patients. | | Author(s) | Goetzmann L, Ruegg L, Stamm M, Ambühl P, Boehler A, Halter J, Muellhaupt B, Noll G, Schanz U, Wagner-Huber R, Spindler A, Buddeberg C, Klaghofer R | | Institution | Department of Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. lutz.goetzmann@usz.ch | | Source | Transplantation 2008 Sep 15; 86(5):662-8. | | MeSH | Attitude
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Cognition
Follow-Up Studies
Health Status
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Lung Transplantation
Mental Health
Patient Selection
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Social Adjustment
Time Factors
Transplantation, Homologous
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVES: Quality of life and psychosocial well-being usually improve after an organ transplant and remain stable for a minimum of several years. These findings, however, mainly apply to the "average" trend for transplant patients. This study aims to investigate whether transplant patients fall into different groups in good or poor psychosocial outcome after organ transplantation.
METHODS: One hundred thirty-one patients were assessed before and 6, 12, and 24 months after a heart, lung, liver, kidney, or bone-marrow transplant. Cluster analysis was applied to identify typical outcome profiles of the patients' mental health (SF-36); differences between the clusters were investigated with regard to further psychosocial parameters (sense of coherence, optimism, psychosocial functioning, anxiety, depression, life/health satisfaction, medication experience).
RESULTS: The analysis revealed two clusters of transplant patients. Cluster A (n=78, 59.5%) showed a fairly good psychosocial outcome, improving over the posttransplant period of 2 years. Cluster B (n=53, 40.5%) included patients who reported a limited or poor outcome, deteriorating after the transplant. Furthermore, there are significant differences between clusters A and B in psychosocial parameters and physical functioning.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that the experience of the transplant process may vary greatly from patient to patient, and that a considerable number of transplant recipients require psychosocial support, despite the majority of patients showing an unquestionable posttransplant improvement in psychosocial well-being. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 18791447 |
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