• 1. Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University / West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Day Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University / West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
YU Jingya, Email: 663444752@qq.com
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Objective To investigate the psychology and sleep statuses of liver transplantation recipients during the outbreak of COVID-19.Methods Cluster sampling was used to investigate the patients who underwent liver transplantation in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from January to February 2020. The psychology and sleep statuses were evaluated by the self-designed questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI).Results Twenty-seven liver transplantation recipients were included in this study. The questionnaires of the 27 patients were collected. The SAI score was (46.41±8.77); The score of CES-D was (13.11±7.87), there were 2 (7.4%) patients with depression; The PSQI score was (6.44±4.02), there were 7 (25.9%) patients with sleep disorders. The points of anxiety and depression of the patients with different gender, age, education level, marital status, residence, living conditions, primary disease, Child-Pugh classification, whether suffered SARS epidemics, COVID-19 knowledges level, medical insurance, family annual income per capita, and income and expenditure of cash had no significant differences (P>0.05) during the outbreak of COVID-19. However, the points of patients with male or suffered SARS or the family annual income per capita ≥60 000 yuan were higher than those of patients with female or not-suffered SARS or the family annual income per capita <60 000 yuan (P<0.05).Conclusions Anxiety and sleep disorder of liver transplantation recipients are common during the outbreak of COVID-19, which could not be ignored. Knowledges of COVID-19 should be paid to spread so as to reduce psychological pressure and improve sleep quality.

Citation: WAN Juan, YU Jingya, YANG Ping, YANG Xiaoling, LI Hongyu, WU Menghang, YANG Jiayin, YAN Lünan. Psychological and sleep statuses of liver transplantation recipients during outbreak of COVID-19. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2021, 28(12): 1619-1624. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202104035 Copy

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