Mental health in children with living donor liver transplantation: a propensity score-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study explored mental health of pediatric patients with living donor liver transplantation.

Methods

A total of 741 children who successfully underwent living donor liver transplantation from 2009 to 2019 enrolled in this study. Participants were aged between 3 and 12 years (mean age = 5.28; SD = 2.01). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was used to evaluate emotional and behavioral problems. Parents completed the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index and reported their child's height, weight, sleep duration, parent-child interactions, home environment, physical activities, and time spent on screen exposure. Propensity score matching method was used to generate a control group from 20,934 healthy children. Univariate analysis and multiple

SUBMITTER: Huang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707263 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature