Effect of transition on QOL among Chinese children who underwent liver transplantation more than 5 years earlier†
Categoría del artículo: Original Article
Publicado en línea: 21 sept 2023
Páginas: 323 - 325
Recibido: 09 jul 2022
Aceptado: 14 dic 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0035
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Objective
This study was conducted to test the effect of transition on the quality of life (QOL) among Chinese children who underwent liver transplantation more than 5 years earlier.
Methods
We delivered the pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 transplant module before and after “transition” intervention.
Results
In the first posttransition measurement (6 months after “transition”), the sections on “about my medicines I,” “my transplant and others,” “treatment anxiety,” “how do I look,” “communication,” and total score were significantly different from those of the pretransition stage (
Conclusions
The short-term effect of transition was definite, while the long-term effect needs further evidence.