The definition of quality of life in solid organ transplantation: A psychological qualitative model

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serval:BIB_DF05214DB0FB
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Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
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Title
The definition of quality of life in solid organ transplantation: A psychological qualitative model
Title of the conference
Transplant international
Author(s)
Piot-Ziegler C., Aubert J.D., Pascual M.
Organization
the 15th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation & 22nd Annual Conference of the British Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics
Address
Glasgow, United Kingdom, September 4-7, 2011
ISBN
0934-0874
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
24
Pages
246
Language
english
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Abstract
Quality of life has been extensively discussed in acute and chronic illnesses. However a dynamic model grounded in the experience of patients in the course of transplantation has not been to our knowledge developed. In a qualitative longitudinal study, patients awaiting solid organ transplantation participated in semi-structured interviews: Exploring topics pre-selected on previous research literature review. Creative interview was privileged, open to themes patients would like to discuss at the different steps of the transplantation process. A qualitative thematic and reflexive analysis was performed, and a model of the dimensions constitutive of quality of life from the perspective of the patients was elaborated. Quality of life is not a stable construct in a long lasting illness-course, but evolves with illness constraints, treatments and outcomes. Dimensions constitutive of quality of life are defined, each of them containing different sub-categories depending on the organ related illness co-morbidities and the stage of illness-course.
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