Effects of a Support Group Intervention on Physical, Psychological, and Social Adaptation of Liver Transplant Recipients.

• DOI: 10.6002/ect.2014.0220
• Publication Date: 2023-08-09T09:21:03Z
• Authors: Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin; Özgül Karayurt
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Analysis of Variance; Time Factors; Turkey; Middle Aged; Adaptation, Physiological; Peer Group; Statistics, Nonparametric; Transplant Recipients; Liver Transplantation; Self-Help Groups; Treatment Outcome; Surveys and Questionnaires; Adaptation, Psychological; Humans; Female; Social Behavior

Liver transplant recipients must adapt to a new life after transplant. We report the effects of support group on physical and psychosocial adaptation liver recipients.The study used quasi-experimental design, comparing an intervention control group. Data were collected between January 2011 May 2012 with 73 recipients. A patient identification form, Modified Transplant Symptom Occurrence Distress Scale - 58, SF-36 for data collection. The attended meetings, while received routine follow-up. analyzed t test Repeated Measures ANOVA 1 between-group factor.The results indicated that increases physical, psychological, social Specifically, this effect was accrued decreased 3 months intervention.A can have positive recipients' adaptations.