Quality of life in liver transplant recipients and the influence of sociodemographic factors

• Main Authors: Maria Isis Freire de Aguiar (Author), Violante Augusta Batista Braga (Author), José Huygens Parente Garcia (Author), Clébia Azevedo de Lima (Author), Paulo César de Almeida (Author), Angela Maria Alves e Souza (Author), Isaura Letícia Tavares Palmeira Rolim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Abstract OBJECTIVE To verify the influence of sociodemographic factors on the quality of life of patients after liver transplant. METHOD Cross-sectional study with 150 patients who underwent liver transplant at a referral center. A sociodemographic instrument and the Liver Disease Quality of Life questionnaire were applied. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed, as well as multiple comparisons by the Tukey test and Games-Howell tests when p <0.05. RESULTS Old age had influence on domains of symptoms of liver disease (p = 0.049), sleep (p = 0.023) and sexual function (p = 0.03). Men showed better significant mean values than women for the loneliness dimension (p = 0.037). Patients with higher educational level had higher values for the domain of stigma of liver disease (p = 0.014). There was interference of income in the domains of quality of social interaction (p = 0.033) and stigma of the disease (p = 0.046). CONCLUSION In half of the quality of life domains, there was influence of some sociodemographic variable.

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1980-220X
10.1590/S0080-623420160000400006