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The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report

INTRODUCTION: The success of heart transplantation in prolonging life and well-being must be considered in reference to its psycho-social outcomes, which intrinsically affect the long-term post-transplant morbidity. Sense of coherence and emotional response to organ reception are important factors i...

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Autores principales: Milaniak, Irena, Wilczek-Rużyczka, Ewa, Wierzbicki, Karol, Sadowski, Jerzy, Przybyłowski, Piotr
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336426
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2014.43856
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author Milaniak, Irena
Wilczek-Rużyczka, Ewa
Wierzbicki, Karol
Sadowski, Jerzy
Przybyłowski, Piotr
author_facet Milaniak, Irena
Wilczek-Rużyczka, Ewa
Wierzbicki, Karol
Sadowski, Jerzy
Przybyłowski, Piotr
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description INTRODUCTION: The success of heart transplantation in prolonging life and well-being must be considered in reference to its psycho-social outcomes, which intrinsically affect the long-term post-transplant morbidity. Sense of coherence and emotional response to organ reception are important factors in this group of patients. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY: The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of sense of coherence to emotional response to transplantation in heart transplant recipients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted on a group of 46 heart transplant recipients. The following research tools were applied in the assessment of personal resources (sense of coherence) and emotional response to heart transplant surgery: the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire developed by Antonovsky (SOC-29) and the Transplant Effects Questionnaire (TxEQ). The data were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: Heart transplant recipients do not experience guilt toward the donors and have no difficulties in disclosing their identities as heart transplant recipients. The study reports good adherence to immunosuppressive treatment recommendations and both a moderate concern about and a sense of responsibility for the transplanted organs among the patients. Global SOC was associated with guilt toward the donor, concern about the transplanted heart, and disclosure of the recipient's identity. CONCLUSIONS: The strength of the patients’ global sense of coherence is related to the level of their emotional response to the heart transplant surgery.
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spelling pubmed-42838612015-09-02 The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report Milaniak, Irena Wilczek-Rużyczka, Ewa Wierzbicki, Karol Sadowski, Jerzy Przybyłowski, Piotr Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol Quality in Medicine INTRODUCTION: The success of heart transplantation in prolonging life and well-being must be considered in reference to its psycho-social outcomes, which intrinsically affect the long-term post-transplant morbidity. Sense of coherence and emotional response to organ reception are important factors in this group of patients. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY: The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of sense of coherence to emotional response to transplantation in heart transplant recipients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted on a group of 46 heart transplant recipients. The following research tools were applied in the assessment of personal resources (sense of coherence) and emotional response to heart transplant surgery: the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire developed by Antonovsky (SOC-29) and the Transplant Effects Questionnaire (TxEQ). The data were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: Heart transplant recipients do not experience guilt toward the donors and have no difficulties in disclosing their identities as heart transplant recipients. The study reports good adherence to immunosuppressive treatment recommendations and both a moderate concern about and a sense of responsibility for the transplanted organs among the patients. Global SOC was associated with guilt toward the donor, concern about the transplanted heart, and disclosure of the recipient's identity. CONCLUSIONS: The strength of the patients’ global sense of coherence is related to the level of their emotional response to the heart transplant surgery. Termedia Publishing House 2014-06-29 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4283861/ /pubmed/26336426 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2014.43856 Text en Copyright © 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Milaniak, Irena
Wilczek-Rużyczka, Ewa
Wierzbicki, Karol
Sadowski, Jerzy
Przybyłowski, Piotr
The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
title The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
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title_fullStr The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
title_full_unstemmed The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
title_short The influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
title_sort influence of sense of coherence on emotional response in heart transplant recipients – a preliminary report
topic Quality in Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336426
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2014.43856
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