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Pre-Transplant Depression Is Associated with Length of Hospitalization, Discharge Disposition, and Survival after Liver Transplantation

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Rogal, Shari S., Mankaney, Gautham, Udawatta, Viyan, Chinman, Matthew, Good, Chester B., Zickmund, Susan, Bielefeldt, Klaus, Chidi, Alexis +7 more·2016·PLOS ONE

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Depression after liver transplantation has been associated with decreased survival, but the effects of pre-transplant depression on early and late post-transplant outcomes remain incompletely evaluated. We assessed all patients who had undergone single-organ liver transplantation at a single center over the prior 10 years. A diagnosis of pre-transplant depression, covariates, and the outcomes of interest were extracted from the electronic medical record. Potential covariates included demographics, etiology and severity of liver disease, comorbidities, donor age, graft type, immunosuppression, and ischemic times. In multivariable models adjusting for these factors, we evaluated the effect of pre-transplant depression on transplant length of stay (LOS), discharge disposition (home vs. facility) and long-term survival. Among 1115 transplant recipients with a median follow-up time of 5 years, the average age was 56±11 and MELD was 12±9. Nineteen percent of the study population had a history of pre-transplant depression. Pre-transplant depression was associated with longer LOS (median = 19 vs. 14 days, IRR = 1.25, CI = 1.13,1.39), discharge to a facility (36% vs. 25%, OR 1.70,CI = 1.18,2.45), and decreased survival (HR = 1.54,CI = 1.14,2.08) in this cohort, accounting for other potential confounders. In conclusion, pre-transplant depression was significantly associated with longer transplant length of stay, discharge to a facility, and mortality in this cohort.

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  • Depression is known to be more strongly associated with reduced quality of life than to liver disease severity.

    “Depression is known to be more strongly associated with reduced QOL than to liver disease severity.31”

    From A Behavioral Health Program for Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Abuse, and Depression in Chronic Liver Disease (2019) · cites this paper as [31]

    The Introduction says depression detracts from quality of life, and Table 1 (Results, Patient Population) shows similar mean MELD scores in recipients with and without pre-transplant depression. The paper does not compare the strength of depression’s association with quality of life against its association with liver disease severity; quality of life was not measured in that comparison. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Pretransplant depression was associated with post-transplant survival rates, length of hospitalization, and discharge to an outside facility.

    “Further, pretransplant DEP was also associated with post-transplant survival rates, length of hospitalization, and discharge to an outside facility.[8]”
  • Rogal and colleagues reported the prevalence of ICD-9 depression diagnoses to be 22% in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease before liver transplant.

    “Rogal and colleagues reported the prevalence of ICD-9 DEP diagnoses to be 22% in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) before liver transplant.”

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Authors
Rogal, S. S., Mankaney, G., Udawatta, V., Chinman, M., Good, C. B., Zickmund, S., Bielefeldt, K., Chidi, A., Jonassaint, N., Jazwinski, A., Shaikh, O., Hughes, C., Fontes, P., Humar, A., & DiMartini, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • RAND Corporation (US)
Corresponding author
Rogal, Shari S.
Venue
PLOS ONE
Published
2016-11-07
Volume
11
Issue
11
Pages
e0165517
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2549641975
Cited by
43
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
FWCI
3.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Transplantation › Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease and Transplantation
Keywords
liver transplantation, discharge disposition, post-transplant survival, mortality, psychiatric comorbidity, MELD score
MeSH terms
Depression, Female, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Discharge, Retrospective Studies, Survival Analysis, Liver Transplantation, Treatment Outcome

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