Author(s): Aguiar, Maria Isis Freire de ; Braga, Violante Augusta Batista ; Garcia, José Huygens Parente ; Lima, Clébia Azevedo de ; Almeida, Paulo César de ; Souza, Angela Maria Alves e ; Rolim, Isaura Letícia Tavares Palmeira
Date: 2017
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Transplante de Fígado; Qualidade de Vida; Avaliação da Saúde; Liver Transplantation
Objective: To verify the influence of sociodemographic factors on the quality of life of patients after liver transplant. Method: Cross-sectional study with 150 patients who underwent liver transplant at a referral center. A sociodemographic instrument and the Liver Disease Quality of Life questionnaire were applied. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed, as well as multiple comparisons by the Tukey test and Games- Howell tests when p <0.05. Results: Old age had influence on domains of symptoms of liver disease (p = 0.049), sleep (p = 0.023) and sexual function (p = 0.03). Men showed better significant mean values than women for the loneliness dimension (p = 0.037). Patients with higher educational level had higher values for the domain of stigma of liver disease (p = 0.014). There was interference of income in the domains of quality of social interaction (p = 0.033) and stigma of the disease (p = 0.046). Conclusion: In half of the quality of life domains, there was influence of some sociodemographic variable.
