General Health, Health‐Related Quality of Life and Sexual Health After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Nationwide Study

The long‐term impact of pediatric liver transplantation (LT) and its complications on general health, health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and sexual health were assessed. We conducted a national cross‐sectional study of all pediatric recipients who underwent LT between 1987 and 2007. Of 66 surviv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2012-02, Vol.12 (2), p.420-427
Hauptverfasser:	Kosola, S., Lampela, H., Lauronen, J., Mäkisalo, H., Jalanko, H., Qvist, E., Pakarinen, M. P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Child Cross-Sectional Studies Female Finland Follow-Up Studies General aspects Health Status Humans Liver Liver Transplantation - psychology Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous pediatric transplantation Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality of Life Registries Retrospective Studies Sexual Behavior - physiology sexuality SF‐36 Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system surgical complications Time Factors transplantation Treatment Outcome Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	The long‐term impact of pediatric liver transplantation (LT) and its complications on general health, health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and sexual health were assessed. We conducted a national cross‐sectional study of all pediatric recipients who underwent LT between 1987 and 2007. Of 66 survivors, 57 participants (86%) were compared to randomly chosen healthy controls (n = 141) at 10.7 ± 6.6 years posttransplant. PedsQL4.0, SF‐36, DISF‐SR and AUDIT questionnaires for appropriate age groups were used. Patients and controls
ISSN:	1600-6135 1600-6143
DOI:	10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03819.x