Survey of quality of life among the pediatric patients who have received the liver transplantation for one year / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To get some knowledge of the quality of life among the pediatric patients who received the liver transplantation for one year, and analyze the impact factors. Methods The patients who received the liver transplantation within January to December 2016 were investigated by the questionnaire. The patients′demographics was investigated by the questionnaire. The patients′ quality of life was got by the scale, and then discuss the demographics′impact on the quality of life. Results The total score of quality of life was (68.37±13.90) points. The score of "About My Medicines I" was (76.74± 17.26) points, and the score of "About My Medicines II" was (77.90±16.41) points, and the score of My Transplant and Others was (65.92±20.06) points, and the score of Pain and Hurt was (79.43±13.52) points, and the score of "worry" was (54.07 ± 25.59) points, and the score of "Treatment Anxiety" was (54.07 ± 25.59) points, and the score of How I Look was (58.85±28.09) points, and the score of "Communication was (84.67±15.86) points. And the type of insurance and blood type of donors were the impact factors, and the difference was significant (t=2.101, 3.201, P＜0.05). Conclusions The quality of life of pediatric patients who received the liver transplantation for one year was relatively low. Whether or not having bought the insurance and the blood type of donors may be the impact factors of the quality of life.