CRITIQUE

Critique: Individual's perception on their quality of life following a liver transplant: An exploratory study

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Critique: Individual's perception on their quality of life following a liver transplant: An exploratory study

Introduction

The research assessed the quality of life in a medical phenomenon that is increasing significantly, as is liver transplantation. You need to understand that transplantation of organs should be observed beyond a medical perspective, to include a multidisciplinary framework, from a bio-psychosocial perspective, which takes the concept of quality of life related to a state of complete physical, mental and social, and not just the absence of disease. The aim was to investigate the quality of life of liver transplant patients for the past fifteen years. The critique will consider the patients perception on various out founts, considering the information provided and study analyzed by Gillian Robertson.

Liver Transplantation

Transplantation may be changing a medical problem for another, which does not provide patients with any information, but an option when a life threatening complication of the liver condition and has deteriorated the quality of life in unacceptable levels including irreversible damage to the central nervous system. Thus, liver transplantation has two main purposes: to prolong life and improve the quality of education. In this regard, evaluate the quality of life of liver transplant patients is relevant because of the high consumption of human and financial resources for health care required in these cases.

According to the study, this focus on quality of life has led to apply multiple standardized questionnaires worldwide, especially in patients who survive a year or more after transplantation. However, a thorough review of internationally standardized instruments, it was considered that did not include all the dimensions of interest to meet the objectives stated in terms of the impact of the side effects of transplantation on quality of life for patients, their interpersonal relationships, change of habits, the benefits and costs involved, to make known to the transplant canters and their staff, those responsible for planning and implementing health policies and programs, the most relevant information to optimize the quality services to the population of transplant recipients (Burckhardt, Woods, Schulyz, Ziebarth, 1989, 347-354).

According to Bell, conceptual models used to evaluate the concept of quality of life related to health include: measurement of the disease, psychological status, personal function, social role function and general health perception. These domains are measured according to the level of discomfort perceived by the patient because of the symptoms of your illness, general welfare, and physical and social skills to develop their own routine. For his part, Rodriguez, Amador, Camacho and Duarte found a relationship with the concept of psychological wellbeing, in that it includes the subjective dimension and emotional responses in the evaluation of one's life, from the judgments of satisfaction. This goes beyond being a happy life and involves the processes of quality of life, including coping and meaning of suffering.

The functional status, which is the ability to perform everyday activities, such as physical activity, self-care and mobility.

The presence and severity of disease-related ...