Quality of life after heart transplantation in Japanese patients

Seligman's Theory of Attributional Style: Optimism, Pessimism, and Quality of Life after Heart Transplant

“…Although many studies have addressed psychosocial outcomes in transplant patients, studies addressing risk factors and the clinical sequelae after transplant are limited. 2,28,29 Our findings of self-reported higher QOL among patients with an optimistic explanatory style undergoing heart transplant complement the studies of long-term QOL among patients with medical condition 9,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]30 and general medical outpatients. 6 Measurements of QOL that have been used in medical populations to "weigh the expected benefits of a treatment against its adverse effects" 31 are increasingly measured in heart transplant populations 28,29 and considered a clinically relevant outcome in medical research.…”