The Impact of Pre-Transplant Mental Toughness on Short-Term Outcomes in Lung Allograft Recipients
Purpose: Grit and resilience are associated with improvements in mood, therapeutic adherence, quality of life, and survival in several chronic illnesses; their association with lung transplant outcomes is unknown. We hypothesized that greater mental toughness is associated with shorter index hospital length of stay (LOS).
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: , K.C. Chapin, K. Xu, J. Liu, L. Lipworth, C.M. Shaver, A.J. Trindade Source Type: research
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