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. 2016 Jul-Aug:41:1-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.04.002. Epub 2016 Apr 28.

The association between mood, anxiety and adjustment disorders and hospitalization following lung transplantation

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The association between mood, anxiety and adjustment disorders and hospitalization following lung transplantation

Andrew M Courtwright et al. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2016 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objectives: Psychiatric comorbidities such as mood, anxiety and adjustment disorders are common among individuals seeking lung transplantation. The objective of this study is to describe the association between these disorders and length of initial hospitalization and number of hospitalizations in the first year following transplantation.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all lung transplantation patients between January 1, 2008 and July 1, 2014 at a large academic center. We evaluated whether pretransplantation mood, anxiety or adjustment disorders were associated with length and number of hospitalizations after transplant, adjusting for age, sex, native disease, forced expiratory volume in 1 s prior to transplantation, wait list time and lung allocation score.

Results: There were 185 patients who underwent transplantation during the 7.5-year study period of whom 125 (67.6%) had a mood, anxiety or adjustment disorder. Patients with an adjustment disorder had decreased length of initial hospitalization [B coefficient=-5.76; 95% confidence interval (CI)=-11.40 to -0.13; P=.04]. Patients with anxiety disorders had an increased number of hospitalizations in the first year following transplantation (rate ratio=1.41; 95% CI=1.06-1.88; P=.02). There was no association between mood disorders and length or number of hospitalizations. Mood, adjustment and anxiety disorders were not associated with time to initial rehospitalization.

Conclusions: Among the three most common pretransplantation psychiatric disorders, only anxiety disorders are associated with increased hospitalization in the first year following lung transplant. Interventions designed to better control pretransplantation and posttransplantation anxiety may be associated with less frequent hospitalization.

Keywords: Adjustment disorder; Anxiety; Depression; Hospitalization; Lung transplantation.

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