The effect of immunosuppressive therapy after liver transplantation on activities of daily living and fear of death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transpl Immunol
; 69: 101470, 2021 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1415812
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In our study, we aimed to investigate the effect of immunosuppressive therapy after liver transplantation on activities of daily living and fear of death during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study with the participation of 213 liver transplant patients hospitalized in the liver transplant center of a university hospital. The data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Statistics 25.RESULTS:
Katz's Activities of Daily Living (ADL) were semi-independent and the total score was 11.07 ± 1.59, and the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) total score was 152.23 ± 5.34. It was determined that the DAP-R score was around 150 points in the minimum and maximum score ranges of Katz ADL after liver transplantation.CONCLUSIONS:
High fear of death threatens resilience and can make patients feel lonely, helpless, sad, abandoned and stressed. Clinicians should spend more time with their patients.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Activities of Daily Living
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Attitude to Death
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Immunosuppression Therapy
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Liver Transplantation
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Immunocompromised Host
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
Transpl Immunol
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
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Transplantation
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.trim.2021.101470
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