The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 716-725 , June 2006

Report of the Psychosocial Outcomes Workgroup of the Nursing and Social Sciences Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Present Status of Research on Psychosocial Outcomes in Cardiothoracic Transplantation: Review and Recommendations for the Field

  • Sandra Cupples, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • Heart Transplant Program, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sandra Cupples, DNSc, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, Room 1E-11, Washington, DC 20010. Telephone: 202-877-3220. Fax: 202-877-7521.
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  • Mary Amanda Dew, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Epidemiology and the Artificial Heart and Adult Cardiothoracic Transplantation Programs, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Kathleen L. Grady, PhD, APN

      Affiliations

    • Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Sabina De Geest, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Fabienne Dobbels, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Dorothy Lanuza, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Wayne Paris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Work, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Received 20 June 2005 ,Revised 12 December 2005 ,Accepted 11 February 2006.

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    Conceptualization of key post-transplant psychosocial domains and specific outcomes within each. This multidimensional conceptual perspective derives from the larger field of psychosocial and QOL rese

    Conceptualization of key post-transplant psychosocial domains and specific outcomes within each. This multidimensional conceptual perspective derives from the larger field of psychosocial and QOL research in the context of chronic illness. Adapted from Dew MA, Switzer GE, DiMartini AF, et al. Psychosocial assessments and outcomes in organ transplantation. Prog Transplant 2000; 10;239–59. Used with permission.

PII: S1053-2498(06)00158-6

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.02.005

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 716-725 , June 2006

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