Many of the 23 million individuals with heart failure (HF) worldwide receive daily, unpaid
support from a family member or friend. Although HF and palliative care practice guidelines …

Background The aim of this systematic review was to describe the prognostic value of
patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in adult heart-transplant (HT) patients …

Introduction: Heart transplantation is the therapeutic procedure indicated to increase the
survival of patients with refractory heart failure. Improvement in overall functioning and …

Background: Resilience implies characteristics such as self-efficacy, adaptability to change,
optimism, and the ability to recover from traumatic stress. Studies on resilience in family …

Aims Mutuality, a positive quality of the relationship between patients and their informal
caregivers characterized by love and affection, shared pleasurable activities, shared values …

Background Family members as informal caregivers are considered the first line of support
for people with dementia across the world. In Singapore, caregiving expectations revolve …

Lay-caregivers are essential to the continuum of care in adult organ transplantation.
However, we have a limited understanding of the experiences, exigencies, and outcomes …

Background Several diseases may lead to the need for liver transplantation due to
progressive organ damage until the onset of cirrhosis, resulting in changes in interpersonal …

Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is an important indicator for evaluating therapeutic
outcomes and mortality in renal transplant recipients, but there is scarce information …

It is currently estimated that 5.7 million Americans live with heart failure. Of these, less than
3000 will receive a heart transplant this year, according to the US Department of Health and …