Table 3.
Quality of life in organ transplant recipients during COVID-19 pandemic.
| Variables | PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | P | Score | p | Score | p | Score | p | Score | p | Score | p | Score | p | Score | p | |
| Total | 81.9 (14.0) | 55.7 (41.9) | 83.8 (16.3) | 66.0 (19.6) | 73.1 (18.9) | 57.3 (17.7) | 68.0 (39.3) | 72.8 (18.7) | ||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 83.4 (13.5) | 0.003 | 56.0 (41.8) | 0.853 | 83.9 (15.1) | 0.803 | 65.6 (19.8) | 0.772 | 73.9 (18.5) | 0.390 | 57.1 (16.6) | 0.592 | 69.6 (39.0) | 0.251 | 72.6 (18.8) | 0.777 |
| Female | 79.3 (14.4) | 55.3 (42.1) | 83.5 (18.2) | 66.7 (19.3) | 71.7 (19.6) | 57.6 (19.5) | 65.1 (39.6) | 73.0 (18.6) | ||||||||
| Age (year) | ||||||||||||||||
| <30 | 85.0 (11.3) | 0.019 | 55.8 (41.4) | 0.588 | 82.5 (20.5) | 0.758 | 72.6 (18.0) | 0.257 | 69.3 (16.7) | 0.184 | 67.1 (13.3) | 0.009 | 64.4 (41.0) | 0.859 | 73.5 (19.4) | 0.172 |
| 30- | 84.8 (12.1) | 57.3 (41.2) | 86.0 (13.4) | 64.6 (19.6) | 72.2 (19.2) | 56.5 (18.9) | 67.8 (39.4) | 70.3 (17.9) | ||||||||
| 40- | 81.1 (13.3) | 52.3 (43.1) | 82.9 (16.2) | 64.9 (19.6) | 73.1 (18.7) | 55.2 (16.2) | 68.1 (40.0) | 73.0 (18.1) | ||||||||
| ≥50 | 77.9 (17.4) | 59.6 (39.7) | 82.9 (18.1) | 66.9 (20.1) | 76.1 (19.6) | 57.5 (19.1) | 69.7 (37.6) | 75.5 (20.3) | ||||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||||
| Unmarried | 84.5 (14.0) | 0.045 | 53.1 (41.7) | 0.705 | 83.8 (17.3) | 0.951 | 65.3 (21.5) | 0.935 | 68.7 (18.6) | 0.030 | 59.4 (17.7) | 0.751 | 64.9 (38.5) | 0.372 | 69.8 (19.1) | 0.159 |
| Married* | 81.3 (13.9) | 56.4 (41.9) | 83.9 (16.1) | 66.1 (19.2) | 74.1 (18.8) | 56.8 (17.7) | 68.7 (39.5) | 73.4 (18.6) | ||||||||
| Education level | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower than undergraduate | 80.1 (15.0) | 0.230 | 52.3 (42.9) | 0.127 | 83.4 (17.4) | 0.971 | 66.2 (20.0) | 0.880 | 71.2 (19.4) | 0.054 | 56.6 (16.4) | 0.211 | 64.0 (39.7) | 0.056 | 71.2 (19.2) | 0.118 |
| Undergraduate or higher | 83.2 (12.7) | 59.6 (40.5) | 84.2 (15.1) | 65.7 (19.2) | 75.2 (18.1) | 58.0 (19.0) | 72.5 (38.4) | 74.6 (18.1) | ||||||||
| Ethnic groups | ||||||||||||||||
| Han Ethnic group | 81.7 (14.2) | 0.501 | 54.2 (42.0) | 0.069 | 83.9 (15.9) | 0.848 | 65.0 (19.8) | 0.012 | 72.5 (18.9) | 0.134 | 57.4 (18.0) | 0.336 | 66.5 (39.6) | 0.055 | 72.7 (19.0) | 0.930 |
| Ethnic minorities | 83.9 (11.5) | 68.8 (38.6) | 83.1 (19.8) | 74.7 (15.9) | 77.8 (18.0) | 55.9 (14.9) | 80.2 (34.8) | 73.3 (16.3) | ||||||||
| Living area | ||||||||||||||||
| Unban area | 81.7 (13.5) | 0.338 | 56.9 (41.5) | 0.420 | 84.5 (16.0) | 0.172 | 66.2 (20.1) | 0.773 | 74.1 (19.0) | 0.039 | 57.3 (17.7) | 0.684 | 69.7 (38.7) | 0.189 | 73.6 (18.7) | 0.079 |
| Rural area | 82.4 (15.5) | 52.1 (42.9) | 81.6 (17.2) | 65.4 (18.1) | 69.9 (18.4) | 57.1 (17.9) | 62.5 (40.7) | 69.9 (18.6) | ||||||||
| Living status | ||||||||||||||||
| Alone | 85.4 (12.8) | 0.350 | 67.3 (40.0) | 0.336 | 74.5 (27.8) | 0.151 | 61.2 (24.7) | 0.314 | 64.2 (25.9) | 0.228 | 55.8 (20.8) | 0.426 | 64.1 (46.1) | 0.815 | 66.8 (19.1) | 0.206 |
| With others | 81.8 (14.0) | 55.2 (41.9) | 84.2 (15.5) | 66.2 (19.4) | 73.5 (18.5) | 57.3 (17.6) | 68.2 (39.0) | 73.0 (18.7) | ||||||||
| Worry about infection | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 80.8 (13.9) | 0.013 | 51.3 (41.6) | 0.002 | 83.5 (16.5) | 0.520 | 63.9 (19.0) | 0.002 | 72.6 (18.4) | 0.332 | 55.6 (18.3) | 0.015 | 63.4 (40.8) | 0.003 | 72.2 (18.2) | 0.332 |
| No | 84.4 (13.9) | 66.2 (40.9) | 84.5 (15.9) | 71.0 (20.3) | 74.2 (19.9) | 61.1 (15.4) | 78.8 (33.2) | 74.1 (19.9) | ||||||||
| Type of transplantation | ||||||||||||||||
| Kidney | 74.1 (21.6) | 0.047 | 53.9 (43.9) | 0.186 | 80.4 (20.7) | 0.681 | 61.2 (21.5) | 0.196 | 68.6 (23.3) | 0.490 | 59.0 (18.4) | 0.779 | 65.0 (40.4) | 0.733 | 71.7 (19.9) | 0.911 |
| Heart | 82.9 (11.9) | 54.7 (41.4) | 84.4 (15.7) | 66.4 (19.3) | 73.6 (18.1) | 57.1 (17.7) | 68.0 (39.2) | 73.1 (18.4) | ||||||||
| Liver | 84.4 (14.8) | 73.6 (41.5) | 82.6 (13.9) | 70.1 (19.1) | 75.6 (18.4) | 56.3 (16.7) | 74.1 (38.9) | 71.1 (20.8) | ||||||||
| Post-operative time (month) | ||||||||||||||||
| <12 | 79.1 (14.6) | <0.001 | 45.6 (42.2) | <0.001 | 81.7 (17.8) | 0.038 | 65.7 (20.5) | 0.909 | 72.3 (19.8) | 0.675 | 55.8 (20.0) | 0.324 | 65.5 (41.1) | 0.471 | 73.6 (19.6) | 0.232 |
| ≥12 | 84.4 (12.9) | 64.6 (39.6) | 85.6 (14.6) | 66.3 (18.9) | 73.8 (18.1) | 58.5 (15.3) | 70.1 (37.5) | 72.0 (17.9) | ||||||||
| Comorbidities | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 82.2 (13.3) | 0.980 | 53.0 (42.5) | 0.191 | 83.3 (16.3) | 0.342 | 62.1 (19.2) | <0.001 | 70.5 (18.9) | 0.003 | 56.0 (17.2) | 0.159 | 64.4 (39.8) | 0.041 | 72.0 (18.6) | 0.371 |
| No | 81.5 (14.9) | 59.5 (40.8) | 84.5 (16.3) | 71.3 (19.0) | 76.6 (18.4) | 58.9 (18.3) | 72.9 (38.1) | 73.8 (18.8) | ||||||||
PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health.
*
Including 13 widowed or divorced participants.