A Scoping Review of Key Health Items in Self-Report Instruments Used Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT: The overall aim of this scoping review of the literature is twofold: (1) to provide an overview of all instruments that have been used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after solid organ transplantation and (2) to provide a list of health items they include to support future studies on the development of a new-generation HRQoL instrument. All studies that administered any form of HRQoL instrument to post-transplant solid organ recipients were identified in a comprehensive search of PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, and Web of Science, with a cut-off date of May 2018. The search used various combinations of the following keywords: lung, heart, liver, kidney, or pancreas transplantation; quality of life; well-being; patient-reported outcome; instrument; questionnaire; and health surve

SUBMITTER: Shahabeddin Parizi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6397139 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature