Table 2.

Scores of B-IPQ, PSSS, PLTQ, and PAIS-SR in young and middle-aged liver transplant recipients during the early postoperative period.

Instrument	Total score (M ± SD)	Mean item score (M ± SD)
B-IPQ	45.14 ± 5.64	5.64 ± 0.70
PSSS	34.09 ± 6.11	2.84 ± 0.51
PLTQ	137.83 ± 18.40	4.93 ± 0.66
PAIS-SR	76.46 ± 14.95	1.74 ± 0.34

B-IPQ = Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire; PSSS = Perceived Social Support Scale; PLTQ = Chinese version of the Post-Liver Transplant Quality of Life Questionnaire; PAIS-SR = Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale–Self Report.