Psychological peculiarities in post-heart transplantation patients
Abstract
The objective of the presented research was to study psychological peculiarities in post-heart transplantation patients. The sample studied comprised of 29 patients of E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center. A study group included 15 post-heart transplantation patients with registered diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy; and a control group included 14 patients with registered diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The following techniques were suggested to patients from both groups of the sample: method of self-relation study by S.R. Panteleev, self-actualization test by A.V. Lazukin, assessment scale of need for achievement by Yu.M. Orlov, method of types of attitude to the disease by L.I. Wasserman and A.Ya. Vuks. Selective self-perception and preservation of working efficiency and confidence under familiar circumstances were found typical for recipient patients. It was found that post-heart transplantation patients have tendency to neurotic immersion in past experiences, hypochondria, and self-doubt. Motivation and commitment to success in the majority of patients from the study group were at the medium level. Patients from the post-heart transplantation group demonstrated neurasthenic and dysphoric attitudes to the disease in a statistically significantly higher number of cases, than patients with CAD from the control group.
About the Authors
A. A. Ovchinnikov
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. N. Sultanova
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Y. S. Lipunova
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
T. Y. Sycheva
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
References
1. Santos G.G., Gonçalves L.C. et al. Quality of life, depression, and psychosocial characteristics of patients awaiting liver transplants // Transplant Proc. 2012. 44(8). P. 2413-2415.
2. Fiorelli A.I., Coelho G.B., Junior J.L., Oliveira A.S. Insuficiência cardíaca e transplante cardiac // Rev Med. 2008. 87(2). P. 105-120.
3. Fiorelli A.I., Oliveira J.L., Stolf N.G. Transplante cardiac // Rev Med (São Paulo). 2009. 88(3). P. 123-137.
4. Bunzel B. Psychological aspects of cardiac transplantation // Stress proof the heart: behavioral interventions for cardiac patients/ Dornelas E., ed. New York: Springer, 2012. P. 119-135.
5. Karapolat H., Eyigor S., Zoghi M. et al. Health related quality of life in patients awaiting heart transplantation// Tohoku J Exp Med. 2008. 214 (1). P. 17-25.
6. Martín-Rodríguez A., Pérez-San-Gregorio M.A., Díaz-Domínguez R., Pérez-Bernal J. Health-related quality of life evolution in patients after heart transplantation // Transplant Proc. 2008. 40(9). P. 3037-3038.
7. Dickens C., Cherrington A., Adeyemi I. et al. Characteristics of psychological interventions that improve depression in people with coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-regression // Psychosom Med. 2013. 75(2). P. 211-221.
8. Pinton F.A., Carvalho C.F., Miyazaki M.C., Godoy M.F. Depressão como fator de risco de morbidade imediata e tardia pós-revascularização cirúrgica do miocárdio // Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2006. 21(1). P. 68-74.
9. Soares H.R., Costa R.A., Mesquita E.T. Depressão e as doenças cardiovasculares//Rev Dep Psicol UFF. 2006. 18(2). P. 197-204.
10. Овчинников А.А., Султанова А.Н. Особенности механизмов психологической защиты и копинг-стратегий у пациентов с ишемической болезнью сердца / Медицина и образование в Сибири. 2015. № 3. С. 36.
Review
For citations:
Ovchinnikov A.A., Sultanova A.N., Lipunova Y.S., Sycheva T.Y. Psychological peculiarities in post-heart transplantation patients. Journal of Siberian Medical Sciences. 2018;(1):75-83.
Views:
181
Email this article 