Living and deceased transplanted patients one year later: Psychosocial differences just after surgery
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2009
- handle: 10670/1.mftl6c
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International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
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María Ángeles Pérez-San-Gregorio et al., « Living and deceased transplanted patients one year later: Psychosocial differences just after surgery », International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, ID : 10670/1.mftl6c
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"The purpose of this ex post facto investigation is to determine whether there are differences in a series of psychosocial variables (anxiety, depression, Type A behavior pattern, and social support), which can be assessed immediately after transplantation, between the transplanted patients who die and those who are still alive one year after the transplant. From a group of 166 transplanted patients, we selected two subgroups (22 living transplanted patients and 22 deceased transplanted patients) that were homogeneous in the main sociodemographic and clinical variables. We used a psychosocial survey, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Type A Characteristics Checklist, and the Scale for the Assessment of Social Support. The results showed that the patients who subsequently died, had higher levels of depression, and particularly anxiety, immediately after the transplant. In contrast, the subgroups did not differ in Type A behavior pattern or level of social support. We conclude that symptoms of anxiety and depression at that moment of the medical process, may allow s to distinguish patients who will die from those who will survive."