164: The Relationships among Satisfaction with Heart Transplant on Quality of Life (QOL) Outcomes 5 to 10 Years after Heart Transplantation(HT)

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. S59-S59
Author(s):  
C. White-Williams ◽  
K.L. Grady ◽  
E. Wang ◽  
D.C. Naftel ◽  
J.K. Kirklin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Heart Transplant

scholarly journals SEXUAL DISORDERS AFTER HEART TRANSPLANT

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 2277-2281
Author(s):  
Kamila Fuczyło ◽  
Magdalena Piegza ◽  
Robert Pudlo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Erectile Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Sexual Disorders ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Pubmed Database

The aim: To systematize and bring the reader closer to knowledge about the occurrence of sexual disorders in people after heart transplantation based on available bibliography. Material and methods: A review of the literature on this topic from the last 30 years made with using the PubMed database, using a total of 17 articles. Conclusions: The incidence of sexual dysfunction (SD) is higher in heart recipients than in the general population and erectile dysfunction is the most common. When the symptoms of dysfunction occur before the transplant – they do not improve, rather they get worse, which reduces the improvement in the quality of life of these patients compared to patients without sexual dysfunction. Improvement in quality of life is observed in patients with SD after heart transplantation, but not as pronounced as in subjects without sexual dysfunction. Some patients notice an increase in libido, with the genital response being insufficient or completely disappearing, which results in a decrease in the quality of relationships between partners and a deterioration in the quality of life. The cause of SD in heart recipients is unclear, but it is associated with the type of immunosuppression used, the level of sexual activity and the state of health of patients prior to transplantation. Nowadays patients after ortotrophic heart transplant live longer and their quality of life improves, but not in sexual terms. The articles concerned almost exclusively men, that is why the topic requires exploration in subsequent research.

Quality of life 6 months after heart transplantation compared with indicators of illness severity before transplantation

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
KL Grady ◽  
A Jalowiec ◽  
C White-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New York ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Severity Of Illness ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
New York Heart Association ◽  
United Network

BACKGROUND: Quality of life is an important healthcare outcome to study. Quality of life after heart transplantation has not been compared with indicators of severity of illness before heart transplantation. OBJECTIVE: To compare differences in quality of life 6 months after heart transplantation with two preoperative indicators of severity of illness: New York Heart Association classification and United Network for Organ Sharing status. METHODS: Data were collected from a nonrandom sample of 219 adult patients who had received a heart transplant 6 months earlier. Patients were divided into groups on the basis of their New York Heart Association classification and United Network for Organ Sharing status immediately before transplantation. Instruments used were the Heart Transplant Symptom Checklist, Heart Transplant Stressor Scale, Rating Question Form, Quality of Life Index, Sickness Impact Profile, and Jalowiec Coping Scale. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and independent t tests. RESULTS: Quality of life 6 months after receiving a heart transplant varied with severity of illness before transplantation. These differences in quality of life were in the following domains: physical and occupational function, psychological state, and social interaction. Six months after receiving a heart transplant, patients who were more severely ill before transplantation were less satisfied with their lives, perceived that they were not doing as well, experienced more family-related stress, and used more negative coping strategies than did patients who were less severely ill preoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate the need for further study of quality of life in the transplant recipients who are the most critically ill in intensive care settings before surgery, to develop interventions to improve recipients' quality of life, and to evaluate effectiveness of those interventions longitudinally.

scholarly journals In My Shoes: Children's Quality of Life after Heart Transplantation

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Green ◽  
Jean McSweeney ◽  
Kathy Ainley ◽  
Janet Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Medical Regimen ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
End Stage

Background Although heart transplantation has been offered for 2 decades to prolong the lives of children with end-stage heart disease, we know little about how these children view their lives, how they deal with their complicated medical regimen, and how the transplantation affects their quality of life. Objectives To examine the quality of life of school-aged heart transplant recipients and to identify the key factors they believe affect their quality of life. Design Focused ethnography. Participants and Setting Eleven children (7 girls, 4 boys) between the ages of 6 and 12 years (mean 9.1 years) who had received a transplant at least 6 months earlier were recruited from a large children's hospital. Data Collection and Analysis Semistructured interviews were conducted in private locations. Data were analyzed using content analysis and constant comparison. Results The children described their quality of life as “mostly good,” yet reported that life was “easy and not easy.” Ten factors that affected the children's quality of life were Doing Things/Going Places, Favorite School Activities, Hard Things About School, Being With Friends and Family, Doing Things/Going Places With Friends and Family, Interactions With Friends and Family, Taking Care of My Heart, My Body, The Transplant Team, and Other Health Problems. Based on similarities in meaning, these factors were combined into 3 themes: Doing What Kids Do, Being With Friends and Family, and Being a Heart Transplant Kid. The themes and factors can provide useful direction for interventions aimed at improving the quality of life for children after heart transplantation.

Returning to Work After Heart Transplantation: A Replication

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Paris ◽  
Sarah Tebow ◽  
Ahmad S. Dahr ◽  
David K. C. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Work Assessment ◽  
Returning To Work

Employment is an important component in the reestablishment of a heart transplant recipient's identity, self-esteem, and quality of life. An attempt was made to replicate the results of an earlier six-factor discriminant analysis that profiled posttransplant employment options for patients exposed to a center policy specific in the expectation of employment. Results indicate that the model accurately predicted 95% of those employed, confirming the model's validity. Implications for social work assessment and clinical practice are explored.

Health‐related quality of life after pediatric heart transplantation in early childhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Garcia Guerra ◽  
Gwen Y. Bond ◽  
Ari R. Joffe ◽  
Irina A Dinu ◽  
Morteza Hajihosseini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Surgical methods of treatment of chronic heart failure and their place in modern clinical recommendations

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-191
Author(s):  
O. T. Kotsoeva ◽  
A. V. Koltsov ◽  
V. V. Tyrenko ◽  
A. A. Ialovets
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Left Ventricle ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Mechanical Circulatory Support ◽  
Circulatory Support ◽  
Surgical Methods ◽  
The Moment

This review discusses a number of aspects of surgical methods for treating severe chronic heart failure: resynchronizing therapy, mechanical circulatory support systems, and heart transplantation. Surgical methods for the treatment of heart failure are a rapidly developing field of modern cardiology and cardiac surgery. The main surgical method of treatment was and remains orthotopic transplantation of a donor heart. The advent of implantable systems has affected the problem of heart transplantation. Over the past decade, the use of mechanical circulatory support systems has grown significantly. At the moment, there are 3 main directions: creating devices for auxiliary blood circulation, various modes and methods of electrical stimulation of the myocardium, creating devices that mechanically remodel the heart chambers (left ventricle). All of these directions to some extent (depending on the evidence base) have found their place in modern recommendations for the treatment of chronic heart failure. The use of mechanical left ventricular remodeling shows good results in patients suffering from symptomatic heart failure, which leads to a significant and persistent decrease in the volume of the left ventricle and improvement of its function, symptoms and quality of life. Despite the fact that at the moment the geography and prevalence of their use is small, the number of implanted devices will only grow. Thus, given the need for frequent hospitalizations and high treatment costs, it is necessary to improve modern methods of surgical treatment of severe and terminal heart failure, make them more accessible, which will affect the duration and quality of life of these patients.

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