Relationship Between Self-Perceived Health, Vitality, and Posttraumatic Growth in Liver Transplant Recipients

Frontiers in Psychology

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Jesús Funuyet-Salas¹  Agustín Martín-Rodríguez¹  Mercedes Borda-Mas¹  María Luisa Avargues-Navarro¹  Miguel Ángel Gómez-Bravo²  Manuel Romero-Gómez³  Rupert Conrad⁴  María Ángeles Pérez-San-Gregorio¹ 

[1] Department of Personality, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville;Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío;Digestive Diseases Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío;Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn

关键词: liver transplantation;    posttraumatic growth;    self-perceived health;    vitality;    patients;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01367

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Our objective was to analyze the differences in posttraumatic growth in 240 liver transplant recipients based on two factors. First, self-perceived health: better (Group 1 = G 1 ) and worse (Group 2 = G 2 ). Second, vitality: more (Group 3 = G 3 ) and less (Group 4 = G 4 ). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, SF-36 Health Survey (Item 2) and SF-12 Health Survey (vitality dimension) were used. Firstly, analyzing main effects recipients with better (G 1 ) compared to worse (G 2 ) self-perceived health, showed greater posttraumatic growth. Interaction effects were found on essential posttraumatic growth domains such as new possibilities ( p = 0.040), personal strength ( p = 0.027), and appreciation of life ( p = 0.014). Statistically significant differences showed that among transplant recipients with worse self-perceived health (G 2 ), those with more vitality had higher levels on abovementioned posttraumatic growth dimensions. However, in transplant recipients with better self-perceived health (G 1 ) respective dimensions were not significantly influenced by the level of vitality. Among the recipients with less vitality (G 4 ), those with better self-perceived health showed higher scores on abovementioned posttraumatic growth dimensions. We conclude that positive self-perceived health might compensate for a lack of vitality as well as a high level of vitality may compensate for negative self-perceived health regarding the development of crucial aspects of posttraumatic growth after liver transplantation.

【 授权许可】

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