Baseline Quality of Life and Anxiety in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Study

• Published in: Dermatologic surgery Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 1480 - 1485
• Main Authors: O'REILLY, FIONA, TRAYWICK, CARMEN, PENNIE, MICHELLE L., FOSTER, JOVONNE K., CHEN, SUEPHY C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2006; by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Inc; Blackwell
• Subjects: Anxiety - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Chi-Square Distribution; Dermatology; Female; Humans; Immunosuppression - adverse effects; Immunosuppression - psychology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Organ Transplantation - psychology; Pilot Projects; Quality of Life; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; Skin Neoplasms - chemically induced; Skin Neoplasms - psychology; Skin plastic surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surveys and Questionnaires; Human; Treatment; Dermatology; Surgery; Graft; Transplantation; Anxiety; Homotransplantation; Organ; Quality of life

BACKGROUND Solid organ transplant recipients on high doses of immunosuppression are at increased risk for the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC). OBJECTIVE The objective was to assess the possible factors impacting quality of life (QOL) in solid organ transplant recipients. METHODS Patien...