%0 Journal Article
%T Chronic Pain One To Five Years After Lung Transplantation - Chronic Pain One To Five Years After Lung Transplantation - Open Access Pub
%A Cla£¿son M
%A Dahlman G-B
%A Forsberg A.
%A Lennerling A
%J OAP | Home | Journal of Organ Transplantation | Open Access Pub
%D 2017
%X Chronic bodily pain after lung transplantation has received little attention. Therefore, the aim was to provide a multidimensional assessment of self-reported chronic pain 1-5 years after lung transplantation and its relationship with self-reported psychological general well-being (PGWB) and self-efficacy. This multicenter, cross-sectional study is a part of the Swedish national study: Self-management after thoracic transplantation (SMATT). In total, 117 lung transplant recipients, all white, due for their yearly follow-up at one (n=35), two (n=28), three (n=23), four (n=20) or five years (n=11) after transplantation were included. Of these, 113 reported their pain on the Pain-O-Meter (POM), which provides information about pain intensity, quality, location, and duration. In addition, they responded to the PGWB instrument and the Self-Efficacy instrument for managing chronic disease. The prevalence of pain was 51% after 1 year, 68 % after 2 years, 69.5 % after 3 years, 75 % after 4 years and 54.5 % after 5 years. Women experienced higher pain intensity and worse sensory and affective burden than men. Psychological general well-being was the main factor that contributed to the experience of pain. Better perceived psychological well-being lowered the odds for pain, while higher self-efficacy reduced the probability of experiencing pain. Many of the lung recipients lacked pain treatment and were uncertain about the reasons behind their pain. Chronic bodily pain is a common and serious symptom up to five years after lung transplantation. Female lung recipients experience more pain and pain related illness than men. DOI10.14302/issn.2576-9359.jot-17-1570 Chronic pain has wide-ranging detrimental effects across various life-domains and also affects health related quality of life (HRQoL) after solid organ transplantation (SOT) 1, 2, 3. The rationale behind this study is that the extent to which lung recipients experience chronic bodily pain in the years after lung transplantation has received little attention in the literature. Pain is a complication that might hamper self-management 4 due to decreased ability to cope with the physical and psychosocial consequences inherent in being a lung recipient. Self-efficacy, defined as the perceived capability of the lung recipient to perform a specific action required to achieve a concrete goal 5, might also be seriously limited. After liver transplant, 26% of recipients stated that they suffered severe bodily pain 1 and in another cohort 18% reported pain in an extremity and 40% had arthralgia 6. Bone pain and
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