Qualitative study of life events how to influence emotional state of heart transplantation patients / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo explore the influence of life events on the emotional state ot heart transplantation patients.Methods All the heart transplantation outpatients were interviewed by a certain psychiatrist in Zhongshan Hospital during Oct.2010 to Oct.2011.The demographic data,life events and the self-reported influenced degree were recorded by the same psychiatrist.A grounded theory-based approach with thematic content analysis of the field notes was used.ResultsEighty-eight patients were enrolled,including 69 males,and19 females.The average age of the patients was 46.5 ±14.3 years old.The average duration after operation was 39.3 ± 39.6 months.The life events were classified into 4 groups,which were medical financial problems,physical condition,family support and future life.The most frequently reported event was physical condition (50.2％ ) and the influenced degree was the highest (9.2 ±1.2),while most patients (96.6％) complained high medical and relevant cost and the influenced degree was (6.5 ± 2.1). Family support was reported by13.6％ patients and its influenced degree was (7.6 ±1.2).The age of the reporter of future life (6.8％) was under 33 years.ConclusionDifferent events have different influence to patients.Improving the social support of patients is helpful to improve quality of life.