J Korean Crit Care Nurs.  2023 Oct;16(3):73-86. 10.34250/jkccn.2023.16.3.73.

Factors Influencing the quality of life of lung transplant patients

• Hwang BH
• Min HS

• KMID: 2547392
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.34250/jkccn.2023.16.3.73

Abstract

Purpose
: This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the quality of life of lung transplant patients. Method : The participants were patients who received lung transplants at a general hospital in City Y. Data were collected through structured questionnaires from June 2023 to August 2023. General characteristics, lung transplantation-related characteristics, quality of life, functional disability, treatment compliance, social support, anxiety, and depression—were measured. For data analysis, hierarchical multiple regression was performed using SPSS/WIN 29.0.
Results
: In the final model, quality of life was associated with income, self-help group attendance, functional disability, social support, treatment compliance, and anxiety and depression. Together, they explained 61.2% of the total variance in the results.
Conclusion
: Our findings suggest that improving lung transplant patients’ quality of life requires active intervention in stress management to perform treatment instructions well, a social support system that can help them financially, and encouraging and participating in social activities as patients.

Keyword

Lung transplantation; Quality of life; 폐이식, 삶의 질