Unmet Care Needs and Related Factors of Lung Transplant Patients at Home

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among unmet care needs, social support, and anxiety in patients with lung transplantation. We conducted a cross-sectional study; 173 lung transplant patients who met the inclusion criteria completed questionnaires including the Organ Transplant Recipient Care Needs Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Anxiety Self-Rating Inventory. Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regression analyses were used to test the relationship between the selected variables. The results showed a moderate level of unmet care needs at home for lung transplant patients. Education level, transplant-related complications, perceived social support, and anxiety were significantly correlated with unmet care needs of lung transplant patients at home ( p < .05), explaining 23.8% of the total variance for unmet care needs. Further research is required to explore interventions to reduce the level of unmet care needs of lung transplant patients.

Quality of life and its association with predictors in lung transplant recipients: a latent profile analysis

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