Post-liver transplantation patient experience

Alyson Kaplan; Marko Korenjak; Robert S Brown Jr

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2023.01.008

Post-liver transplantation patient experience

J Hepatol. 2023 Jun;78(6):1234-1244. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.01.008.

Authors

Alyson Kaplan¹, Marko Korenjak², Robert S Brown Jr³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA.
² European Liver Patient Association, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: rsb2005@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 37208108
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.01.008

Abstract

Given improvements in post-transplant patient and graft survival, there is a growing need to focus on patient experience and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Though liver transplantation can be life-saving, it can also be associated with significant morbidity and complications. Patient HRQOL improves after transplantation, but it may not improve to that of age-matched cohorts. Understanding patient experience and the factors that contribute to it, including physical and psychological health, immunosuppression and medication adherence, return to employment or school, financial burden, and expectations, helps when thinking creatively about potential interventions to improve HRQOL.

Keywords: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL); Liver transplantation (LT); Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT); Patient reported outcomes (PRO).

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Immune Tolerance
Immunosuppression Therapy
Liver Transplantation*
Living Donors
Patient Outcome Assessment
Quality of Life / psychology
Treatment Outcome