Psychiatric Disorders and Survival After Lung Transplantation

Pre-transplant Quality of Life Does Not Predict Survival After Lung Transplantation

“…16 -18 Woodman et al 16 demonstrated that pre-transplant psychiatric diagnosis did not necessarily worsen survival after lung transplantation. However, their study was limited by a small number of patients (n ϭ 30) and an even smaller number of patients who survived Ն12 months (n ϭ 19), and consequently the methods used were merely descriptive.…”

“…15 However, a limited number of studies are available on the effects of pre-transplant HRQL scores on survival after lung transplantation, and these studies suggested there is no influence of these variables on survival. 16,17 Those studies need to be replicated by others due to the relatively low numbers of patients, and the limited variety of HRQL measures.…”

Health-Related Quality of Life in Two Hundred-Eighty Lung Transplant Recipients

“…Previous studies have reported on overall improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after lung transplantation. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Definitions have broken down HRQoL into physical, psychologic and social components. [12][13][14][15][16][17] Despite the documented improvements in HRQoL, lung transplant recipients are challenged by the necessity to follow a comprehensive therapeutic regimen.…”

Psychotherapeutische Interventionen vor und nach Organtransplantation

“…Ausgehend von den unterschiedlichen Anforderungen an den Patienten wird eine Tx aus psychologischer Sicht in mehrere Phasen eingeteilt [Allender et al, 1983;Kuhn et al, 1988;Bunzel, 1993;Johann und Muthny, 2000 [Craven, 1990;Woodman et al, 1999]. Sie neigen vermehrt zu Panik und Angststörungen, wobei die respiratorische Insuffizienz und die damit einhergehende Atemnot auslösend wirken [Karajgi et al, 1990;Woodman et al, 1999;Smoller et al, 1996;Stilley et al, 1999].…”

“…Sie neigen vermehrt zu Panik und Angststörungen, wobei die respiratorische Insuffizienz und die damit einhergehende Atemnot auslösend wirken [Karajgi et al, 1990;Woodman et al, 1999;Smoller et al, 1996;Stilley et al, 1999]. Bei kardiologischen Patienten werden vor allem depressive Symptome beschrieben [Musselman et al, 1998].…”