title: [Anxiety and depression for liver transplant recipients and their impact factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the status of anxiety and depression for liver transplant (LT) recipients and explore their impact factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the period of January 2005 to December 2008, the symptoms of anxiety and depression for 53 post-LT recipients (LT group) and 48 patients with benign end-stage liver disease (BELD group) were assessed by the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the self-rating depression scale (SDS). And they were compared with that of domestic norm (Norm group). The impact factors of anxiety and depression for LT recipients were analyzed by stepwise logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The anxiety scores of LT, BELD and Norm groups were (42 ± 9), (47 ± 11) and (30 ± 10) and the depression scores of three groups (48 ± 11), (52 ± 11) and (33 ± 9) respectively. The anxiety score was different significantly among three groups (P < 0.01). It was higher in the LT and BELD groups than that in the Norm Group (P < 0.01) while it was lower in the LT group than that in the BELD group (P < 0.05). The depression scores were different significantly among three groups (P < 0.01). It was higher in the LT and BELD groups than that in the Norm Group. And it was lower in the LT group than that in the BELD group (P < 0.05). The impact factor of anxiety for LT recipients was patient age and that of depression per capita monthly family income.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The level of anxiety and depression of post-LT recipients is higher than that of domestic norm. The main impact factor for post-LT anxiety is patient age and that of depression per capita monthly family income.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Gen-shu
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Bin-sheng
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jian-xu
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gui-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period