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Psychological adaptation of liver transplant recipients.

Pérez-San-Gregorio MA, Martin-Rodríguez A, Asián-Chavez E, Gallego-Corpa A, Pérez-Bernal J

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Seville, Spain. anperez@us.es

We analyzed the influence of two variables (place of hospitalization of the patients and the mental health of relatives) on symptoms of anxiety and depression in liver transplant patients. The subject groups were made up of 48 liver transplant recipients (mean age 51.15; SD = 8.57) and their close relatives. The tests applied were a psychosocial questionnaire, and the two tests: "The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" and "The Leeds Scales for the Self-Assessment of Anxiety and Depression." The liver transplant recipients showed more symptoms of depression when they were in the intensive care unit (ICU) and more symptoms of anxiety in the post-ICU phase when their close relatives were more depressed in that phase. The place of hospitalization of the patients and the mental health of relatives influenced the symptoms of anxiety and depression in liver transplant recipients.

Published 3 May 2005 in Transplant Proc, 37(3): 1502-4.
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