Publications by authors named "Julie Chait"
Symptom frequency and distress from 5 to 10 years after heart transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
August 2009
Background: Patterns of symptom frequency and distress have not been examined long-term after heart transplantation, nor have predictors of long-term symptom frequency and distress. This report identified the most commonly reported and distressful symptoms long-term after transplantation, described patterns of symptom frequency and distress over time, and examined predictors of symptom frequency and distress at 5 and 10 years after heart transplantation.
Methods: The sample included 555 participants from a prospective, multisite, longitudinal study of quality of life outcomes.
Background: Researchers have not examined relationships between perception of physical functional disability and demographic, clinical, and psychological variables at 5 to 10 years after heart transplantation. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to describe physical functional disability over time and identify predictors of physical functional disability from 5 to 10 years after heart transplantation.
Methods: The study enrolled 555 patients who were between 5 and 10 years post-heart transplant (age, 54 +/- 9 years; 78% male, 88% white, 79% married).
Background: Although studies have provided us with a cross-sectional analysis of long-term quality of life (QOL) after transplantation, relatively few longitudinal studies have been done that allow us to understand changes in QOL over time. The purposes of our study were to describe QOL over time and identify predictors of QOL longitudinally from 5 to 10 years after heart transplantation.
Methods: All 555 subjects enrolled in this study completed booklets of questionnaires.
Background: Few reports were found in the literature that examined predictors of physical functional disability after heart transplantation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to (1) describe physical functional disability, (2) identify differences in physical functional disability by demographic and clinical variables, and (3) identify predictors of physical functional disability at 5 to 6 years after heart transplantation.
Methods: A nonrandom sample of 311 patients (approximately 60 years of age, 78% male, and 90% Caucasian) who were 5 to 6 years post-heart transplantation were investigated.
Predictors of quality of life at 5 to 6 years after heart transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
September 2005
Background: Only a few researchers have examined quality of life (QOL) outcomes more than 5 years after heart transplantation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe QOL (overall, satisfaction with, and perceived importance); identify differences in QOL by age, sex, and race; and identify predictors of QOL at 5 to 6 years after heart transplantation.
Methods: A nonrandom sample of 231 patients (60 years of age, 76% men, 90% white, 79% married, and fairly well educated) who were 5 to 6 years after heart transplantation were investigated.