title: Quality-of-life changes and psychiatric and neurocognitive outcome after heart and liver transplantation.
abstract: A prospective study compared psychiatric, neurocognitive, and quality-of-life changes of heart and liver transplant patients. The 51 heart and 61 liver transplant candidates and recipients completed the Beck depression inventory (BDI), state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI), sickness impact profile (SIP), mini-mental state (MMS), California verbal learning test (CVLT), Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), trailmaking test (TMT), and the impact message inventory (IMI). Data were gathered before transplant and at 3-month intervals for up to 1 year after transplant. Psychometric tests scores were correlated with electroencephalograms for the liver patients. Both groups showed significant improvements after transplant in neurocognitive functioning, depressive symptoms, and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Riether
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lewison
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cotsonis
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors