Health-related quality of life in patients after living donor liver transplantation in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 23689087
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Showa University
• Principal Investigator: IRIE Shinji 昭和大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (90433838)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥20,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,740,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
• Keywords: 生体肝移植 / レシピエント / ＱＯＬ / 尺度開発 / QOL / 全国調査 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the interview with 18 living-donor liver transplantation recipients and 15 living-donor liver transplantation donors, we revised a disease-specific QOL scale consisting of 64 items for living-donor liver transplantation recipients. All such items were considered to have a fair degree of face validity by transplant surgeons, coordinators, and nurses, as well as post-liver transplant recipients. And we examined the test-retest reliability, which was fair.