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  • Pulmonology
  • Transplant Surgery
  • Psychosocial Medicine

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  • Psychosocial factors significantly influence pre- and post-lung transplant outcomes.
  • Existing recommendations are often based on limited data from single centers or other organ transplants.
  • There is a clear need for a comprehensive, updated review of psychosocial factors in lung transplantation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review prior guidelines on psychosocial factors in lung transplantation.
  • To synthesize emerging lung-specific evidence.
  • To identify critical knowledge gaps for future research directions.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature and guidelines on psychosocial assessment in lung transplantation.
  • Synthesis of recent, lung-specific studies.
  • Identification of knowledge gaps and areas for future research.

Main Results:

  • The 2021 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) consensus emphasizes an individualized, holistic approach to psychosocial evaluation, with few absolute contraindications.
  • Emerging lung-specific evidence supports individual psychosocial risk assessment over broad contraindications.
  • Inconsistent associations with outcomes and reliance on single-center studies highlight limitations.

Conclusions:

  • Further research is urgently needed to validate lung-specific assessment tools.
  • Larger, multicenter, and international studies are required to strengthen evidence.
  • Development of targeted interventions for psychosocial domains is crucial for improving lung transplant outcomes.