Quality of Life and Mental Health Comparisons Among Liver Transplant Recipients and Cirrhotic Patients with Different Self-Perceptions of Health |
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| Authors: | M. Ángeles Pérez-San-Gregorio Agustín Martín-Rodríguez Elisabeth Domínguez-Cabello Eduardo Fernández-Jiménez Ángel Bernardos-Rodríguez |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela s/n, Seville, Spain
2. Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío of Seville, Seville, Spain
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| Abstract: | Our aim was to analyze the differences in quality of life and mental health among liver transplant recipients with better (G1) and worse (G2) perceived health and decompensated cirrhotic patients (G3). We selected two groups of patients: 168 liver transplant recipients and 75 cirrhotic patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and SF-36 Health Survey were used. Statistically significant differences showed that cirrhotic patients (G3) suffered the highest impairment, and liver transplant recipients with better self-perceived health (G1) had the lowest impairment, whereas patients with worse self-perceived health (G2) were in an intermediate position between both groups. Moreover, very striking differences, based on large effect sizes, were found among groups on some quality of life dimensions: physical-role, general health, vitality, and physical functioning. In conclusion, the biopsychosocial well-being of liver transplant recipients is better than that of cirrhotic patients, even if the former do not perceive their health positively. |
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