PMID: 9523492Apr 2, 1998Paper

Health-related quality of life following liver transplantation

Quality of Life Research : an International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation
Stirling BryanMartin J Buxton

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to report on the health-related quality of life (QoL) experienced by patients following liver transplantation and to investigate the factors associated with its variation. A questionnaire comprising the SF-36 and EuroQol EQ-5D instruments was sent by post to 147 patients who had received a liver transplant, indicated by a chronic liver disease, in the previous 8 years. The scores of the respondents were compared to population norm scores. The variation in both the SF-36 and EQ-5D scores was explored. Many liver transplant patients experienced most satisfactory QoL levels post-transplantation although, in general terms, the levels were poorer than those seen in the general population. The variation in the post-transplant health-related QoL scores was found to be associated with a number of pre-transplant factors: disease severity (proxied by Child Pugh class), disease duration at the time of transplantation and liver transplant history (whether the patient had received a single or multiple transplants). In making clinical decisions about the use of transplantation for chronic liver diseases, consideration should be given to the key factors likely to affect subsequent health-related QoL.

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