The aim is to evaluate adjustment disorder (AD) and associated risk factors in children awaiting solid organ transplantation. Study reveals AD as the predominant diagnosis in psychiatric consultations for transplant candidates. Length of hospital stay and organ type emerged as independent AD predictors.
Seventeen heart transplant recipients (8-18 years old) and their families were recruited and randomly assigned to a treatment as usual or an intervention group. This pilot study demonstrated that the program has high acceptability by pediatric heart transplant recipients and parents, and had a positive impact on recipients and parents, including significant reductions in youth behavioral difficulties as well as parent depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Results of this study are promising and call for further evaluation of hybrid delivery models for behavioral health screening and prevention interventions for pediatric heart transplant recipients and their families.
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