Influence of relatives' anxious symptomatology on the quality of life of pretransplant hepatic patients

E Domínguez-Cabello; A Martín-Rodríguez; M A Pérez-San-Gregorio; J Pérez-Bernal

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.07.059

Influence of relatives' anxious symptomatology on the quality of life of pretransplant hepatic patients

Transplant Proc. 2010 Oct;42(8):2964-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.07.059.

Authors

E Domínguez-Cabello¹, A Martín-Rodríguez, M A Pérez-San-Gregorio, J Pérez-Bernal

Affiliation

¹ University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Psychology Faculty, Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, Seville, Spain.

PMID: 20970583
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.07.059

Abstract

Objectives: We sought to analyze the influence of anxiety symptoms of relatives of patients undergoing a pretransplant study on the quality of life of the hepatic patients body pain, physical role, mental health, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role, and physical functioning.

Materials and methods: We assessed 2 groups: 51 patients with hepatic cirrhosis and 51 of their closest relatives who were studied while the patients were hospitalized to undergo the pretransplant study. We used a "Psychosocial Survey" (in both groups), the "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (HADS) in the relatives, and the "SF-36 Health Survey" (in the patients).

Results: The results showed that the patients whose relatives presented clinical levels of anxiety showed the worst quality of life, specifically for the dimensions "mental health" (P=.016) and "emotional role" (P=.041).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anxiety / psychology*
Family / psychology*
Female
Humans
Liver Transplantation / psychology*
Male
Quality of Life*