Psychological evolution and assessment in patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation

Abstract

A high prevalence of preoperative psychopathology was reported in 22 candidates who received OHT. Surgical intervention obviously improved the quality of life after cardiac transplantation. If the impact of psychological and/or psychiatric aid remains difficult to appraise, these results emphasize the positive impact of surgery on psychological status and the appropriateness of the psychosomatician's social support intervention on patients facing the transplant process.

Health Related Quality of Life in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation

“…Negative infl uence of psychological distress in HF patients (Zipfel et al 1998;Rumsfeld et al 2003;Carels 2004), and increased risk of post-transplantation mortality have been observed among patients with preoperative depression (Triffaux et al 2001).…”

Functional status and perceived control influence quality of life in female heart transplant recipients

“…Female gender was also found to be an independent risk factor for increased risk of depression and anxiety-related disorders after heart transplant. 8 Because QOL and psychologic well-being have been shown to increase morbidity and mortality, 9 efforts to better understand the QOL and psychologic well-being of female heart transplant recipients is needed. Thus, the main purpose of this cross-sectional, comparative study was to describe and compare the QOL and psychologic well-being of female heart transplant recipients with a cohort of female heart transplant candidates matched for age and functional status.…”

Evaluación de factores psiquiátricos y psicosociales en una cohorte de receptores de trasplante cardiaco: estudio de seguimiento a 12meses

“…La literatura señala que la presencia de mayor distrés psicológico supone una disminución de la supervivencia tanto en el tiempo de espera hasta el TC como en el seguimiento al año y a los 5 años 40 . Respecto a la presencia de psicopatología, entre el 40 y el 60% de los pacientes presentan síntomas psiquiátricos significativos (principalmente depresivos, ansiosos y adaptativos) durante el periodo de espera 22,26,[41][42][43] . En la revisión de la literatura encontramos una clara relación entre la presencia de trastornos psiquiátricos en el Eje II (trastornos de personalidad y retraso mental) y/o trastornos por uso de sustancias, con un peor cumplimiento de pautas médicas 5 .…”