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Journal article
Psychosocial functioning in patients with alcohol-related liver disease post liver transplantation
Addictive Behaviors, Vol.45, pp.70-73
2015
PMID: 25644590
Abstract
Emotional and role functioning difficulties are associated with chronic alcohol use and liver disease. Little is known about prospective changes in psychological and psychosocial functioning following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) amongst patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD). We aimed to assess the functioning of this patient group post liver transplantation. Comprehensive psychosocial assessment of depression (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory—Form X [STAI]) and psychosocial adjustment (Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale—Self-Report version [PAIS-SR]) was conducted with 42 ALD patients available for pre and post OLT testing. Dependence severity was assessed by the Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (bMAST). Significant reductions in average anxiety and depression symptoms were observed 12-months post-OLT. Significant improvements in psychosocial adjustment to illness were also reported. Patients with higher levels of alcohol dependence severity pre transplant assessment improved comparably to those with lower levels of dependence. In summary, the study found that OLT contributed to reducing overall levels of mood and anxiety symptoms in ALD patients, approximating general (non-clinical) population norms. Psychosocial adjustment also improved significantly post liver transplantation.
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- Title
- Psychosocial functioning in patients with alcohol-related liver disease post liver transplantation
- Authors
- Nell Pegum (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalJason P Connor (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalRoss Young (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyGerald F.X Feeney (Author) - Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Publication details
- Addictive Behaviors, Vol.45, pp.70-73
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.021
- ISSN
- 1873-6327; 0306-4603
- PMID
- 25644590
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99551607402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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