Utility of the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant in predicting outcomes before and after lung transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
; 43(4): 571-579, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Optimizing donor use and achieving maximal survival following lung transplantation (LTx) require a pretransplant assessment that identifies clinical, physiological, and psychosocial patient factors associated with both poor and optimal post-LTx survival. We examined the utility of a psychosocial tool, the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT), to identify patient suitability for LTx, as well as its association with clinical outcomes before and after LTx.METHODS:
This was a retrospective single-center study analyzing LTx assessment clinical variables (age, gender, diagnosis, functional capacity, nutrition, renal function), with a particular focus on the utility of the SIPAT score, to predict patient suitability for LTx. The same variables were analyzed against LTx waitlist mortality, as well as post-LTx survival.RESULTS:
Over an 8-year period dating from December 2012, 914 patients (male 54.4%, mean age 55.2 years) underwent LTx assessment. Patients declined for LTx (n = 152, 16.6%) were older and had reduced functional capacity, nutritional markers, and renal function but had a higher SIPAT score. Once listed for LTx, a higher SIPAT score was not associated with waitlist mortality or reduced post-LTx survival.CONCLUSIONS:
The SIPAT tool measures psychosocial suitability for transplantation that can be incorporated into a standardized assessment of LTx suitability. While patients with higher SIPAT score were more likely to be declined for LTx, the SIPAT score did not predict outcome in transplanted patients. A subgroup of patients with high SIPAT scores were successfully transplanted, suggesting that unfavorable psychosocial variables are potentially modifiable with a well-resourced multidisciplinary LTx team.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trasplante de Pulmón
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Heart Lung Transplant
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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TRANSPLANTE
Año:
2024
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Article