Impact of disease and liver transplantation on quality of life of patients with Cirrhosis: an exploratory study

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, Maria Madalena Pinto Cardoso de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2011.2811

Hepatic cirrhosis strongly affects quality of life and wellbeing of patients. Hepatic transplantation is the best treatment in the final stages of the disease. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of the disease and hepatic transplantation on the quality of life of cirrhotic patients. A non-probable sample of 61 participants of the Transplant Unit of the Curry Cabral Hospital was elaborated, of which 28 in the active list of transplants,18 transplanted six months ago. Data was obtained through an enquiry interview without using the Liver Disease Quality of Life – LDQOL 1.0 questionnaire, with the respective data. The different dimensions of the quality of life dimensions will be presented: related symptoms illness/transplant; effects of illness/transplant in daily activities; concentration of the quality of the social interaction; wariness with the illness; corporal stigma/image; function and problems to be extracted as the main conclusion. – Hepatic cirrhosis is associated with bad quality of life. This aspect was pointed out in the active preparation for transplant. –- The improvement of the quality of life in the evaluated patients one year after the surgery is less expressive in the group of patients transplanted six months ago. This is more evident in respect of the physical symptoms related to the illness than in the psychosocial aspects – Cirrhosis and hepatic transplant have a strong impact in the quality of life of the patients, the family and the health professionals in their important roles of support and assistance.