Adaptation and validation of an abbreviated version of the SIPAT integrated psychosocial risk scale in patients with liver cirrhosis candidates for liver transplantation (SIPAT-11).

Introduction: Patients with liver cirrhosis who are candidates for liver transplantation must be evaluated both clinically and socially in order to obtain the optimal outcomes and avoid futile therapeutic measures. For the evaluation of the social aspects in these patients, no validated scale in Spanish is available. The SIPAT (Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation) scale is an instrument that measures the social, family and psychological aspects in candidates for solid organ transplantation.

Inadequate social support decreases survival in decompensated liver cirrhosis patients.

Introduction: Inadequate social support is associated with higher mortality both in the general population and in patients with chronic diseases. There are no studies that have described social support in liver cirrhosis and its impact on prognosis.

Objectives: To analyze the impact social support has in the survival of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.