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Quality of Life after Liver Transplant
Author(s) -
Hicks Frank D.,
Larson Janet L.,
Ferrans Carol Estwing
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770150205
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , liver transplantation , intensive care medicine , nursing , transplantation
The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and health related variables in two groups of liver transplant patients, one at 2 years or less after transplant and the other at more than 2 years after transplant. Both groups reported a high overall quality of life and an above average health status. Long‐term transplant patients reported significantly more health‐related functional impairment and a tendency toward higher levels of depressed and anxious moods. The high quality of life suggested that patients were coping effectively with the realities of life, despite health‐related functional impairment.