title: Quality of life after liver transplant.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and health related variables in two groups of liver transplant patients, one at 2 years or less after transplant and the other at more than 2 years after transplant. Both groups reported a high overall quality of life and an above average health status. Long-term transplant patients reported significantly more health-related functional impairment and a tendency toward higher levels of depressed and anxious moods. The high quality of life suggested that patients were coping effectively with the realities of life, despite health-related functional impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ferrans
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors