BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors are frequently included in determining candidacy for cardiac transplantation. Although there are some data demonstrating a link between preoperative psychosocial status and postoperative outcome, a definitive answer has yet to be reached. METHODS: We studied 107 consecutive patients, transplanted from January 1990 to September 1991, with a retrospective review of pretransplant psychiatric evaluations to define a DSM III-R Axis I diagnosis. The medical outcome data included 1-year survival, rehospitalizations, infections, and rejection episodes, gathered from the transplant database. RESULTS: There were no discernable differences between the groups with (n = 25) and without (n = 82) a DSM III-R Axis I psychiatric disorder prior to transplant in the evaluation of demographic data and medical outcome variables. CONCLUSION: These data demonstrate that individuals with a history of psychiatric disorder who are carefully selected for compliance with medical care display no inherent difference from individuals without psychiatric disorder in medical outcome and survival at 1 year after cardiac transplantation.
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors are frequently included in determining candidacy for cardiac transplantation. Although there are some data demonstrating a link between preoperative psychosocial status and postoperative outcome, a definitive answer has yet to be reached. METHODS: We studied 107 consecutive patients, transplanted from January 1990 to September 1991, with a retrospective review of pretransplant psychiatric evaluations to define a DSM III-R Axis I diagnosis. The medical outcome data included 1-year survival, rehospitalizations, infections, and rejection episodes, gathered from the transplant database. RESULTS: There were no discernable differences between the groups with (n = 25) and without (n = 82) a DSM III-R Axis I psychiatric disorder prior to transplant in the evaluation of demographic data and medical outcome variables. CONCLUSION: These data demonstrate that individuals with a history of psychiatric disorder who are carefully selected for compliance with medical care display no inherent difference from individuals without psychiatric disorder in medical outcome and survival at 1 year after cardiac transplantation.
Authors: Mary Amanda Dew; Emily M Rosenberger; Larissa Myaskovsky; Andrea F DiMartini; Annette J DeVito Dabbs; Donna M Posluszny; Jennifer Steel; Galen E Switzer; Diana A Shellmer; Joel B Greenhouse Journal: Transplantation Date: 2015-05 Impact factor: 4.939