Open AccessExecutive Functioning in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analytic Review
Author(s) -
Grace K. Cushman,
Mary Stolz,
Ronald L. Blount,
Bonney Reed-Knight
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002954
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psycinfo , medicine , working memory , meta analysis , confidence interval , medline , organ transplantation , transplantation , clinical psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , cognition , political science , law
Examining executive functioning (EF) posttransplant has become increasingly prevalent, as EF deficits are associated with poor disease-related outcomes and psychosocial functioning. The purpose of the current meta-analysis was to compare overall and domain-specific EF between healthy youth and those with a kidney, heart, or liver transplant, and identify moderating variables related to EF differences between these 2 groups.