TY - JOUR
T1 - A Survey of Psychosocial Adaptation in Long-Term Survivors of Pediatric Liver Transplants
AU - DeBolt, A. J.
AU - Stewart, S. M.
AU - Kennard, B. D.
AU - Petrik, K.
AU - Andrews, W. S.
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PY - 1995/4/1
Y1 - 1995/4/1
N2 - We assessed 41 children and adolescents who had received liver transplants at least 4 years ago, for social, behavioral, and emotional adaptation: physical function; and family stress. We compared their level of adaptive functioning to published data from chronically ill and medically well children. On many measures, transplant recipients ad equivalent levels of function to the comparison groups. However, 6- to 11-year-old patients showed mild social and scholastic deficits. Patients' parents report less negative impact of the illness on the family than do parents of other chronically ill children. A listing of medication side effects and the degree to which they are problematic was obtained.
AB - We assessed 41 children and adolescents who had received liver transplants at least 4 years ago, for social, behavioral, and emotional adaptation: physical function; and family stress. We compared their level of adaptive functioning to published data from chronically ill and medically well children. On many measures, transplant recipients ad equivalent levels of function to the comparison groups. However, 6- to 11-year-old patients showed mild social and scholastic deficits. Patients' parents report less negative impact of the illness on the family than do parents of other chronically ill children. A listing of medication side effects and the degree to which they are problematic was obtained.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15326888chc2402_1
DO - 10.1207/s15326888chc2402_1
M3 - Article
C2 - 10143004
AN - SCOPUS:0029268647
VL - 24
SP - 79
EP - 96
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
SN - 0273-9615
IS - 2
ER -