ISSN: 1859 - 2872
Health-related quality of life of recipients after heart tranplantation and transplant nurses support the patient and their family at Viet Duc University Hospital 2012-2020
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Objective: To measure of quality of recipient’s life after cardiac transplantation from multi-organs brain dead donor at the Viet Duc University Hospital. Subject and method: Retrospective and prospective descriptive study of consecutive patient after cardiac transplantation patients in 23 cases from June 2012 to April 2020, at the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Viet Duc University Hospital, based on SF-36 questionnaire. Result: The mean scores of 4 physical health domains including physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain and general health were 87.4, 86.6, 92.1 and 80.8, respectively. The mean scores of 4 mental health domains including vitality, social functioning, and role emotional and mental health were 86.6, 79.2, 83.5 and 86.6, respectively. In multivariate analysis, factors associated with HRQOL after cardiac transplantation were age, occupation, education level, some diseases (diabetes mellitus, gout, kidney failure, pre-op cirrhosis). Conclusion: The total points of HRQOL were high in all domains, good nursing care also involves being honest with the patient and family.
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