Anxiety and depression of liver transplant recipients and the related impact factors / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the anxiety and depression status of the liver transplant recipients and to investigate the related impact factors.Method Forty-two liver transplant recipients were under survey by General Information Questionnaire (GIQ),Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS),Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) before and 1,6,12,24 and 36 months after operation.Result The mean anxiety scores before and 1,6,12,24 and 36 months after operation were 37.2 ± 5.3,32.2 ± 6.2,32.1 ± 6.6,31.9± 5.1,30.1 ± 4.6 and 28.5 ± 4.1,respectively.The mean depression scores at those 6 time points were 46.7 ± 7.1,37.9 ± 10.7,36.7 ±7.9,37.1 ± 6.4,34.3 ± 5.8 and 32.1 ± 5.6,respectively.Both the anxiety and depression scores showed statistically significant difference (P＜0).001) before and after operation (all time points).Also there was statistically significant difference (P＜0.001) between post-operative month 36 and other post-operative time points.The impact factors for anxiety of liver transplant recipients were subjective supports and the utilization level of the supports.The impact factors of depression of liver transplant recipients were pre-operative depression score,objective support,subjective supports and the utilization level of the supports.Conclusion Liver transplant recipients suffer less anxiety and depression after operation.The anxiety status can be further improved from 24 to 36 months postoperation.