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Quality of Life in Heart Transplant Candidates

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Research on quality of life with heart transplant patients is complicated by the physical and psychological variables associated with heart failure. This study examined quality of life with several instruments in order to sample more general and more idiosyncratic aspects of quality of life in this particular patient population. We also examined the relationship between various aspects of quality of life and several psychosocial variables, including sensitivity to social desirability effects. The quality of life measures used in this study were found to be significantly correlated with each other and with measures of psychological distress. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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  1. Department of Community and Family Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, 63104

    Teresa L. Deshields

  2. Department of Psychology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

    Kelley Mannen

  3. SSM Rehabilitation Institute, St, Louis, Missouri

    Raymond C. Tait

  4. Department of Behavioral Studies, University of Missouri—St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

    Varsha Bajaj

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Deshields, T.L., Mannen, K., Tait, R.C. et al. Quality of Life in Heart Transplant Candidates. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 4, 327–341 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026241500433

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