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P01-271 - Evaluation of HIV Positive Recipients of Orthotopic Liver Transplant (OLT): an Observational Study in the Modena Consultation Liaison Psychiatric Service
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
Abstract
To evaluate psychiatric features in liver post transplant HIV recipients.
An observational study was conducted. Different psychiatric rating scales to evaluate cognitive status (MMSE), anxiety and depressive symptoms (HAM-A, HAM-D), social phobia (BSPS), quality of life (SF-36), sexual satisfaction (ISS), coping strategies (Brief Cope) and alcohol-drug abuse (LDQ) were submitted to a population of 11 HIV outpatients that underwent to OLT (19% of the Italian HIV transplant recipients). Scores were statistically related to socio-demographic and clinical data.
All patients were male, aged between 33 and 54 years. In the past 8 patients were drug abusers, three suffered from depression. At the moment of the evaluation 8 patients didn't suffer from any psychiatric disease while the three youngest patients presented a mild depressive status. BASIS-32 scores were related to HAM-D and to a history of drug abuse (p< 0.01). SF-36 was related to age (p< 0.05), HAM-D (p< 0.01), BSPS and BASIS 32 (p< 0.02).
Despite the higher risk for a HIV patient of developing an anxious or mood disorder, our population isn’t affected by psychiatric diseases; this is an encouraging data considering that post transplant period can be very stressful. This result may be due to a personality organization or a coping style strengthened by a long term disease such as HIV. Further studies are needed to investigate psychosocial outcome of OLT in HIV and to improve our knowledge of this controversial issue and guarantee a better take in care of these complex patients.
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