Table I.
Unifying Themes and Categorized Studies
| Theme | Studies fulfilling Primary Theme (N (%) of 73 total) | Primary thematic code | Secondary Thematic code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Determinants of HRQL | 24 (32.9%) | Anyanwu 2001Gerbase 2008 Gerbase 2005 Girard 2006 Hummel 2001 Irani 2010 Kugler 2005 Kugler 2007 Kunsebeck 2007 Langer 2009 Littlefield 1996 Lutogniewska 2010 |
Pinson 2000 Ricotti 2006 Rodrigue 2006 Singer 2005 Smeritschnig 2005 Tegtbur 2004 Van Den 2000 Vasiliadis 2006 Vermeulen 200428 Vermeulen 200432 Vermeulen 2007 Vermeulen 2008 |
Eskander2011 Ortega 2009 Ramsey 1995 Stilley 1999 |
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| 2. Psychosocial aspects of HRQL | 8 (10.9%) | Archonti 2004 De Vito Dabbs 2003 Goetzmann 2008 Kollner 2002 |
Kurz 2001 Limbos 2000 Nilsson 2011 Stilley 1999 |
Cohen 1998 Festle 2002 Feurer 2004 Girard 2006 Irani 2006 |
Myaskovsky 2006 Santana 2009 Smeritschnig 2005 Vermeulen 200428 |
| 3. Pre- and post-transplant HRQL comparisons | 20 (27.4%) | Beilby 2003 Busschbach 1994 Caine 1991 Cohen 1998 Eskander 2011 Gross 1995 Kugler 2004 Lanuza 2000 Limbos 1997 MacNaughton 1998 |
O'Brien 1988 Ortega 2009 Pirson 2011 Ramsey 1995 Rodrigue 2005 Santana 2009 Shih 2002 Singer 2009 TenVergert 1998 TenVergert 2001 |
Anyanwu 2001 Archonti 2004 Irani 2010 Kugler 2010 Kurz 2001 Limbos 2000 Santana201061 Stavern 2000 |
Vasiliadis 2006 Vermeulen 2003 Vermeulen 2008 Pinson 2000 Rodrigue 2006 Vermeulen 2004 |
| 4. Longitudinal studies of HRQL in the post-transplant period | 4 (5.5%) | Kugler 2010 Myaskovsky 2006 Rutherford 2005 |
Vermeulen 2003 | Gerbase 2008 Gerbase 2005 Gross 1995 Ihle 2011 Kugler 2004 O'Brien 1988 |
Van Den 2000 Vermeulen 2005 Vermeulen 2007 TenVergert 1998 TenVergert 2001 |
| 5. Impact of therapies and other interventions on HRQL | 9 (12.3%) | De Vito Dabbs 2009 Ihle 2011 Irani 2006 Matthees 2001 Munro 2009 |
Robertson 2011 Santana 201051 Silvertooth 2004 Vivodtzev 2011 |
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| 6. HRQL instrument Validation and Methodology | 7 (9.6%) | Festle 2002 Feurer 2004 Lobo 2004 |
Santana 201061 Stavern 2000 Vasiliadis 2005 Vermeulen 2005 |
Singer 2009 Lanuza 2000 |
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| 7. HRQL prediction of clinical outcomes | 1 (1.4%) | Squier 1995 | |||