A series of tests were run to determine the psychological effects on the patients. The tests included 78 recipients. 32.1% of them had a psychiatric disorder. Personality factors profile was similar to the general population. Before the transplant, patients were required to fill out questionnaires that included the following data: age, gender, employment status, cardiac disease duration, age of onset of illness, medical comorbidities, pretransplant cardiac diagnosis, family and personal psychiatric history and mental disorders and psychopharmacological treatment at baseline assessment. This information was a significant part of the psychological effects on the patient. Patients took the tests once again 12 months after the transplantation.
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It also enables to find out markers of emotional distress and other factors that might negatively affect the patient who is receiving the heart. Some poorer outcomes of heart transplants included psychological factors such as: demoralization, hostility, irritability, a sense of worthlessness and low conscientiousness. Other negative effects include substance related disorders, personality disorders, or a history of medication nonadherence. But there were successful heart transplants as well; there were some positive changes in psychosocial factors 12 months after the surgery. The positive effects included lower scores of anxiety and depression, less necessity of publicly venting of feelings and a trend to an internal locus of control. In conclusion, psychosocial screening before a heart transplant is important and can identify the patients who are at risk of mental distress, posttransplant, and who may suffer impairments in clinical outcomes and health-related quality of
It also enables to find out markers of emotional distress and other factors that might negatively affect the patient who is receiving the heart. Some poorer outcomes of heart transplants included psychological factors such as: demoralization, hostility, irritability, a sense of worthlessness and low conscientiousness. Other negative effects include substance related disorders, personality disorders, or a history of medication nonadherence. But there were successful heart transplants as well; there were some positive changes in psychosocial factors 12 months after the surgery. The positive effects included lower scores of anxiety and depression, less necessity of publicly venting of feelings and a trend to an internal locus of control. In conclusion, psychosocial screening before a heart transplant is important and can identify the patients who are at risk of mental distress, posttransplant, and who may suffer impairments in clinical outcomes and health-related quality of