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Psychological Differences of Patients and Relatives according to Post-Transplantation Anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2014

María Ángeles Pérez San Gregorio ,
Agustín Martín Rodríguez  and
José Pérez Bernal
María Ángeles Pérez San Gregorio*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla
Agustín Martín Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Universidad de Sevilla
José Pérez Bernal
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mª Ángeles Pérez San Gregorio, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos, Universidad de Sevilla, C/. Camilo José Cela, s/n, 41018-Sevilla (Spain). Phone: 954-556-939. Fax: 954-557-807. E-mail: anperez@us.es
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Abstract

The aim of this investigation is to analyze the psychological differences of patients and their relatives according to the formers' post-transplantation anxiety. We used two groups of participants: transplant patients (n = 166) and close relatives (n = 166). Four questionnaires were applied: a Psychological Survey (to both groups), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (to the transplant patients), and the Leeds Scales for the Self-Assessment of Anxiety and Depression (to the relatives). Participants were assessed twice: post-Intensive Care Unit (ICU; when patients were moved from the ICU to the Transplantation Unit) and post-hospital (one year after transplant). Results showed that high anxiety in patients just after organ transplant was related to an increase of anxiety and depression symptoms both in patients and relatives one year after transplant; it was also related to a decrease in the quality of life of these patients.

El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las diferencias psicológicas en pacientes y familiares en función de la ansiedad post-trasplante. Seleccionamos dos grupos: 166 trasplantados y los 166 familiares más allegados de estos pacientes. Empleamos una Encuesta Psicosocial (en ambos grupos), la Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión en Hospital y el Cuestionario de Calidad de Vida (en el grupo de trasplantados) y las Escalas de Ansiedad y Depresión de Leeds (en el grupo de familiares). La evaluación psicológica se realizó en dos fases: post-UCI (cuando a los pacientes se les daba el alta de la UCI pero continuaban ingresados en el hospital, concretamente, en la Unidad de Trasplantes) y post-hospitalaria (cuando transcurría un año del alta hospitalaria de los pacientes tras el implante). Los resultados mostraron que un nivel alto de ansiedad en los pacientes tras el trasplante, aumentaba al año la sintomatología ansiosa y depresiva de los pacientes y de sus familiares y, además, empeoraba la calidad de vida de los trasplantados.

Keywords

organ transplantanxietydepressionquality of lifetrasplante de órganosansiedaddepresióncalidad de vida
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 2008 , pp. 250 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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