The influence of living donor liver transplantation on families with or without siblings.
With child living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), two people from one family, a child patient and one parent and one parent are forced to be hospitalized, so the family faces very servere problems. This is especially severe in cases when pediatric patients have siblings. Our research investigated the influence of LDLT upon families with siblings as compared to those without, especially the impact of surgery and hospitalization on family relationships. Families with siblings had more stress about child care and they tended to be more anxious about child development. The siblings had a lot of stress and mental problems. Therefore, the families of LDLT are seen to need special supports, especially those who had siblings.
Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan.
Mayumi
M
Yoshino
Hiroyuki
H
Yoshino
Atsuko
A
Kusano
Koichi
K
Mizuta
Hideo
H
Kawarasaki
D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D035781:Siblings