The purposes of the study are (1) to analyze the baseline patient characteristics cross-sectionally, (2) to analyze the prognosis and its predictive factors and (3) to examine the longitudinal clinical course in the lung transplant candidates in Japan.
The significance of assessing patient reported measurements including health status, dyspnea and psychological status has not been well investigated in the lung transplant candidates. Therefore, in the present study, we aim to examine (1) contributive factors to their health status based on baseline data, (2) whether patient reported measurements would predict patients' prognosis and (3) how they would change for 5 years as compared to physiological measurements.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
272
Lung transplantation
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Prognosis/Mortality
Time frame: 5 years
Health status
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
Dyspnea
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
Psychological status
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
Sleep quality
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
Pulmonary function
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
Arterial blood gas
Time frame: At entry and every year for 5 years
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