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Health-related quality of life after pediatric liver transplant: single-center experience in Chile.

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INTRODUCTION:Orthotopic liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for most terminal liver diseases in children. Currently, the improved survival of these patients is well documented, but their quality of life post-transplant is not described. In Chile, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna (HLCM) has performed pediatric liver transplantation in children from around the country since 1994. The aim of this study is to evaluate our patients' and parents' current quality of life. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011. All liver transplant patients currently in control at HLCM were invited to complete the PedsQL 4.0 report (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory). For each group, average score was calculated and comparisons were done using Student t and χ(2) tests. RESULTS:Forty-nine patients were enrolled. One-third of the patients were between 2 and 4 years, one-third between 5 and 12, and the rest were 13 to 18 years old. Half of the patients had their transplants for more than 3 years, 53% were female, 53% lived in cities far from the transplant center, 72.5% had chronic liver disease, 53% had received a liver from cadaveric donor, and 21% had received more than 1 liver transplant. Patients under 4 years referred good health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in all categories. All school-age patients had poor or very poor psychosocial HRQOL. DISCUSSION:Our good results obtained in transplant patients under 4 years may be because the questionnaire was completed by caregivers. The school-age patients were affected in terms of school functioning, as they were not able to participate in all the activities. These findings need to be compared with HRQOL perception in other groups, such as children with other chronic conditions, and evaluated with other broader factors, as reported in international HRQOL publications.

journal_name

Transplant Proc

journal_title

Transplantation proceedings

authors

Alba A,Uribe M,Hunter B,Monzón P,Ferrada C,Heine C,Auad H

doi

10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.08.091

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

3728-30

issue

eissn

0041-1345

issn

1873-2623

pii

S0041-1345(13)00896-8

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Health-related quality of life after pediatric liver transplant: single-center experience in Chile.