Table 8.
Descriptive Data on Symptoms Measured by the Organ Transplant Symptom and Wellbeing Instrument (OTSWI) Among 185 Organ Transplant Recipients
| Symptoms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysponea | Oedema | Nausea | Oral Fungus | Oral Herpes | Increased Appetite | Loss of Appetite | Heart Burn | ||
| Mean | 0,78 | 0,68 | 0,25 | 0,13 | 0,09 | 0,94 | 0,26 | 0,43 | |
| Median | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SD | 0,97 | 0,91 | 0,52 | 0,46 | 0,28 | 1,12 | 0,68 | 0,82 | |
| Skewness | 1,36 | 1,60 | 2,29 | 4,20 | 2,94 | 1,42 | 2,86 | 2,42 | |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Symptoms | |||||||||
| Diarrea | Itching | Headache | Burning Hands | Tremor | Dizzy | Sad | Decreased Libido | ||
| Mean | 0,42 | 0,43 | 0,51 | 0,11 | 0,76 | 0,41 | 0,59 | 1,26 | |
| Median | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| SD | 0,78 | 0,80 | 0,81 | 0,46 | 0,90 | 0,69 | 0,89 | 1,4 | |
| Skewness | 1,99 | 2,19 | 2,06 | 4,64 | 1,34 | 2,01 | 1,80 | 0,82 | |
| Min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Symptoms | |||||||||
| Physical Appearance | |||||||||
| Mean | 0,44 | ||||||||
| Median | 0 | ||||||||
| SD | 0,97 | ||||||||
| Skewness | 2,5 | ||||||||
| Min | 0 | ||||||||
| Max | 4 | ||||||||
Each response relates to how much the problem or situation discomforts you, assessed on a five-point scale ranging from “not at all”(0), “a little”(1), “somewhat”(2), “quiet a bit”(3) and “very much” (4).