An Eight-Year Followup Study after Heart Transplantation: The Relevance of Psychosocial and Psychiatric Background

A heart transplantation (HT) is performed when a patient’s heart health has been severely compromised. However, the health care needs of a patient throughout the transplantation process are also significant. In order to investigate these postoperative heart transplant challenges, this study has two...

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Published in:Transplantology (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-12, Vol.2 (4), p.491-499
Main Authors: Téllez, Rubén, Sánchez-González, Roberto, Cámara, Mercè, Cuñat, Oriol, del Hoyo-Buxo, Blanca, Farrero, Marta, Castel, Maria, López, Hugo, Pintor, Luis
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Coping
followup and personality
Heart
heart transplantation
Life expectancy
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mortality
Patients
Perceptions
Personality
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Surgery
Transplants & implants
Variables
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Summary:A heart transplantation (HT) is performed when a patient’s heart health has been severely compromised. However, the health care needs of a patient throughout the transplantation process are also significant. In order to investigate these postoperative heart transplant challenges, this study has two objectives: to find which psychosocial and psychiatric variables relate to good prognosis at the end of the followup period and to assess cognitive status and quality of life at the end of the study. Therefore, we divided the sample according to the completion success and then studied and compared the differences in participants’ personality, coping mechanisms, locus of control, clinical, and epidemiological information. Cognitive function and quality of life assessments were also undertaken for participants who completed their followup period. Higher significant differences were found in openness to experience (personality), self-perceived support (locus of control), and positive reinterpretation (coping) among those who completed the followup period. On the other hand, a higher age and current or historical psychiatric diagnoses were more prevalent in the group who did not complete the followup period. Our assessment of the participants after the followup period showed normal levels of cognitive function and quality of life.
ISSN:2673-3943
2673-3943
DOI:10.3390/transplantology2040046