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Adherence correlates in liver transplant candidates
D Telles-Correia1, A Barbosa, I Mega
1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatric Approach to Liver Transplanted Patients' Unit, Curry Cabral Hospital's Liver Transplantation Center, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. tellesdiogo@gmail.com
Abstract:
The study sought to investigate the psychiatric and psychosocial correlates of multidimensional adherence among liver transplant candidates. A liver transplant candidate sample (N = 100), comprising consecutive patients attending outpatient clinics of a liver transplantation central unit, was assessed by means of the Multidimensional Adherence Questionnaire (MAQ; Telles-Correia 2007), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised 4th Edition (DSM-IV-TR) criteria, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) personality inventory, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Brief COPE, and the Psychological Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT). We found that multidimensional adherence positively correlated with personality traits (agreeableness), good social support, and coping strategies (planning).
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