Busé S M, Pieper B
Henry Ford Hospital, Buffalo Grove, IL.
Heart Lung. 1990 Nov;19(6):641-8.
The purpose of this research was to explore the effect of waiting for heart transplantation and the effect of the transplantation on the life, relationship, and reported stress of the patient's spouse. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. The impact of both the pretransplant (waiting) and posttransplant periods was measured by using the Perception of Heart Transplantation Questionnaire (PHTQ) and the Subjective Stress Scale (SSS). Thirty spouses of patients who had undergone cardiac transplantation completed the mailed questionnaires. Results indicated that spouses perceived the pretransplant period to have a greater overall influence on their lives and relationships (p less than 0.001) than did the posttransplant period. Their impression of the posttransplant period was significantly more positive than of the pretransplant period (p less than 0.001). However, no significant differences between pretransplant and posttransplant stress scores were found. These results demonstrate the great impact of the waiting period on the spouse's quality of life. Additional research is needed.
本研究的目的是探讨等待心脏移植的影响以及移植对患者配偶的生活、人际关系和所报告压力的影响。采用横断面描述性设计。通过使用心脏移植感知问卷（PHTQ）和主观压力量表（SSS）来衡量移植前（等待）和移植后时期的影响。30名接受心脏移植患者的配偶完成了邮寄问卷。结果表明，与移植后时期相比，配偶们认为移植前时期对他们的生活和人际关系的总体影响更大（p<0.001）。他们对移植后时期的印象明显比对移植前时期更积极（p<0.001）。然而，移植前和移植后压力得分之间未发现显著差异。这些结果表明等待期对配偶生活质量有很大影响。还需要进一步的研究。
