Psychosocial Status of Liver Transplant Candidates in Iran and Its Correlation with Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression and Anxiety

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Association between liver transplant candidate quality and Health-related quality of life (a, b) and between liver transplant candidate quality and anxiety and depression (c). (a, b) Scores in SF-36 domains linearly increase when moving from poor to good/excellent candidate quality categories. Physical functioning (, ), physical role functioning (, ), bodily pain (, ), general health (, ), vitality (, ), social functioning (, ), emotional role functioning (, ), and mental health (, ). (c) HADS anxiety and depression scores linearly decrease when moving from poor to good/excellent candidate quality categories. Anxiety (, ), depression (, ). Abbreviations: SF-36, Short-Form health survey; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

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