Survival and quality of life after organ transplantation in veterans and nonveterans.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Some previous studies suggested that transplantation performed in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients was associated with a higher rate of complications and poorer outcomes. We examined more than a decade of experience with solid organ transplantation at a single center and compared VA patients with nonveteran patients to assess long-term patient and graft survival and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS:Demographic, clinical, and survival data were extracted from a database that included all transplants from January 1990 through December 2002 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (non-VA) and the Nashville VA Medical Center (VA). The HRQOL was assessed in a subset of patients using the Karnofsky functional performance (FP) index and the Short-Form-36 self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival and analysis of variance methods. RESULTS:One thousand eight hundred nine adult patients receiving solid organ transplants (1,896 grafts) between 1990 and 2002 were reviewed: 380 VA patients (141 liver, 54 heart, 183 kidney, 2 lung) and 1429 non-VA patients (280 liver, 246 heart, 749 kidney, 154 lung). Mean follow-up time was 46 +/- 1 months. Five-year graft survival for VA and non-VA patients, respectively, was liver 65% +/- 5% versus 69% +/- 3% (P = 0.97); heart 73% +/- 8% versus 73% +/- 3% (P = 0.67); and kidney 76% +/- 5% versus 77% +/- 2% (P = 0.84). Five-year patient survival was liver 75% +/- 5% versus 78% +/- 3% (P = 0.94); heart 73% +/- 8% versus 74% +/- 3% (P = 0.75); and kidney 84% +/- 4% versus 87% +/- 2% (P = 0.21) for VA and non-VA, respectively. In the first 3 years after transplant, the FP scores for VA versus non-VA patients were 85 +/- 2 versus 87 +/- 1 (P = 0.50). The SF-36 mental component scales were 47 +/- 3 versus 49 +/- 1 (P = 0.39); and the SF-36 physical component scales were 37 +/- 2 versus 38 +/- 1 (P = 0.59), respectively. Longer-term (through year 7) HRQOL scores for VA versus non-VA patients were FP 85 +/- 1 versus 88 +/- 1 (P = 0.17); mental component scales 47 +/- 2 versus 49 +/- 1 (P = 0.29); and physical component scales 35 +/- 2 versus 39 +/- 1 (P = 0.05), respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The veteran patients have similar graft and patient survival as the nonveteran patients. Overall quality of life is similar between veterans and nonveterans during the first three years after transplantation. A trend toward a later decline in the veterans' perception of their physical functioning may stem from the increased prevalence of hepatitis C virus among VA liver transplant recipients, a known factor reducing late HRQOL.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Moore D,Feurer I,Speroff T,Shaffer D,Nylander W,Kizilisik T,Butler J,Awad J,Gorden DL,Chari R,Wright JK,Pinson CW

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.07.024

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-11-01 00:00:00

pages

476-80

issue

5

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002961003003532

journal_volume

186

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