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Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During the First Year in Lung Transplantation Recipients

H. Zhou, J. Chen

Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People’s Hospital, Wuxi, China

Meeting: 2020 American Transplant Congress

Abstract number: 191

Keywords: Lung transplantation, Quality of life

Session Information

Session Name: Living in the Real World: Decision Making and Outcomes After Lung Transplant

Session Type: Oral Abstract Session

Date: Saturday, May 30, 2020

Session Time: 3:15pm-4:45pm

 Presentation Time: 4:15pm-4:27pm

Location: Virtual

*Purpose: This longitudinal study was conducted to recognize the tracks of HRQOL during the first year after transplantation and the main factors associated with HRQOL of lung transplantation recipients.

*Methods: A total of 118 patients were investigated before and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-transplantation. The Medical Outcomes SF-36 (Chinese version) was used to measure the HRQOL. The recipients’ demographic characteristics and clinical data were evaluated to determine the relative contributions to HRQOL outcomes.

*Results: Recipients reported a mean physical component summary of 39.62 ± 6.57, 57.90 ± 9.99, 59.15 ± 8.73, 58.79 ± 8.52, and 58.72 ± 8.99 before transplantation and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after transplantation (F = 64.960, P < 0.001). By 3 months after transplant, patients experienced significant improvement in physical component summary (MD = 18.27, SE = 1.52, P < 0.001), but between 3 and 12 months, no significant improvement was observed (MD = 0.82, SE = 1.77, P = 0.645). Patients reported a continuous rise with means of 44.63 ± 5.35, 51.13 ± 10.25, 51.92 ± 9.72, 53.23 ± 10.34, 55.40 ± 8.83 for the mental component summary before transplantation and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after transplant (F = 13.059, P < 0.001). By 3 months after transplant, patients experienced significant improvement in mental component summary (MD = 6.50, SE = 1.50, P < 0.001). Between 3 and 12 months, a continuous significant improvement was observed (MD = 4.27, SE = 1.92, P = 0.030). The generalized estimated equation showed that age (β = -2.187, P = 0.002), BODE index (β = -5.381, P = 0.002), and gastrointestinal complications (β = 3.937, P = 0.007) were associated with HRQOL.

*Conclusions: The HRQOL of lung transplant patients improved significantly at 3 months after transplantation, but between 3 and 12 months after transplantation, the changes were not obvious. Health practitioners should pay more attention to elderly patients, patients with high BODE indexes and patients with gastrointestinal complications.

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To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Zhou H, Chen J. Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During the First Year in Lung Transplantation Recipients [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/changes-in-health-related-quality-of-life-during-the-first-year-in-lung-transplantation-recipients/. Accessed May 11, 2025.

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