Table 3.
Pre- and postoperative frequency of benzodiazepine consumption and alcohol abuse
| |
|
SOT recipients with post-operative PTSS |
SOT recipients without post-operative PTSS |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p | ||
|
Alcohol |
No alcohol abuse before and after SOT |
15 |
78.9 |
81 |
75.7 |
p=1.000a |
|
Alcohol abuse before SOT |
3 |
15.8 |
21 |
19.6 |
||
|
Current alcohol abuse after SOT |
1 |
5.3 |
5 |
4.7 |
||
|
Benzodiazepines |
No benzo-diazepine consumption before and after SOT |
12 |
63.2 |
92 |
86 |
p=0.018a |
|
Benzodiazepine consumption before SOT |
3 |
15.8 |
3 |
2.8 |
||
| Present benzo-diazepine consumption after SOT | 4 | 21.1 | 12 | 11.2% | ||
PTSS postoperative posttraumatic stress symptoms.
SOT solid-organ transplantation.
a Fisher’s exact test.