Factors influencing long-term quality of life and depression in German liver transplant recipients: A single-centre cross-sectional study

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 327-335

  Zahn, Alexandra ^a   Seubert, Lisa ^a   Jünger, Jana ^a   Schellberg, Dieter ^a   Heinz Weiss, Karl ^a   Schemmer, Peter ^a   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Sauer, Peter ^a   Nils Gotthardt, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; PHQ9; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887251889     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.883962     Document Type: Article

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