Biopsychosocial functioning among cirrhotic patients in various stages of transplant process in comparison to liver transplant recipients

摘要: Background: Although assessment of pre- and post-transplant quality life is a current scientific target; it has not yet been carried out throughout the entire transplant process. Aims: 1) To analyze differences in mental health at pre-waiting-list-study, waiting-list, phases; 2) to correlation between these quality- of-life affective variables Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores. Methods: Two liver patient groups were recruited: 51 cir- rhotic patients, who assessed two different stages (at pre-waiting- list-study waiting-list phases), cadaveric recipi- ents; homogeneous gender age by matching. Anxiety-depressive symptomatology HADS SF-36 Health Survey, respectively. Results: Pre-waiting-list-study patients self-perceived their global status much worse than trans- plant recipients. Waiting-list displayed higher anxiety, more role limitations due physical problems, functioning, as well perceiving re- cipients. Statistically significant correlations only found MELD-Anxiety MELD-Social Functioning sub- scales. Conclusions: worst biopsychosocial well-being status; recipients enjoyed best instead.