Job Resumption Status, Hindering Factors, and Interpersonal Relationship Within Post–Heart Transplant 1 to 4 Years as Perceived by Heart Transplant Recipients in Taiwan: A Between-Method Triangulation Study

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

Fridh

et al. 2015

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

The core of social function after solid organ transplantation

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

Fridh

et al. 2015

“…16 Factors that have a negative impact on adaptation are limited physical ability, post-surgical complications and current health status. 17,18 Three qualitative studies highlight the importance of family and friends. [19][20][21] When support was sought and provided, it gave the informants the strength to pull through, but when friends disappeared despite the need for support, the SOTRs had a feeling of a lost social life, 21 which is supported by our findings.…”

Section: Discussion Of the Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The meaning of social adaptation after solid organ transplantation

Karlsson

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

et al. 2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the meaning of social adaptation among solid organ transplant recipients one year after transplantation. We analysed in-depth interviews from 16 solid organ transplant recipients by means of phenomenological hermeneutics. The informants comprised 11 men and five women with a mean age of 54 years, who had received a kidney, a liver or a heart. We found the organ recipients adjusted their everyday life in order to adapt socially and achieve a normal everyday life. The meaning of social adaptation comprised six main themes revealed by one structural analysis: being restricted, changing habits, re-evaluating one's body image, redesigning life expectations and life goals, enjoying and expanding the social network and being disappointed in others. We conclude that the core meaning of social adaptation is living a normal life. Social support can be emotional or instrumental and is highly valued when it helps the organ recipient to adapt and achieve normality.

“…fear, play an important role. 40 These factors can also lead to self-inflicted isolation. Several studies point out that most of the recipients were medically able to resume work after the transplantation from a medical point of view, but abstain to do so.…”

Section: Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such factors included limited physical ability, post-surgical complications and experienced current health. 9,28,29,40,43 These led to direct consequences for the recipients: 22% reported reduced time spent with friends due to physical limitations and 34% perceived worsening relations with friends. 40 Three qualitative studies pointed out the importance of family and friends.…”

Section: Social Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…9,28,29,40,43 These led to direct consequences for the recipients: 22% reported reduced time spent with friends due to physical limitations and 34% perceived worsening relations with friends. 40 Three qualitative studies pointed out the importance of family and friends. [46][47][48] When support was sought and given, it gave the participants socially strengthened, but when friends disappeared when the support was needed it gave the recipients a feeling of a lost social life.…”

Section: Social Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social function after solid organ transplantation: An integrative review

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

Lennerling

2015

The way organ transplant recipients depend on social interactions to develop and experience social health and well-being is similar to that of the general population. A transplant may result in a close to full recovery of health status, but the physical and social problems can persist in some patients. The focus on improving the recipients' social participation has therefore become an important issue. The purpose of this integrative literature review was study social function after solid organ transplantation, that is, kidney, liver, lung or heart. An integrative review was performed on studies that matched the selection criteria and published in peer-reviewed journals from January 2000 to December 2014. The information from the text was extracted and patterns of social function were categorized into different subgroups that were further looked at, and five categories emerged: 1) work, 2) education, 3) daily activities and leisure, 4) social adaption and 5) barriers. The key aspects of social functioning involve five vital domains, that is, work, education, daily activities and leisure, social adaption and barriers. Returning to work appears to be the most important for the recipients independently of the transplanted organ.