Depressive Symptoms, Physical Activity, and Post-Transplant Outcomes: The ADAPT Prospective Study

Increasing evidence suggests that greater depressive symptoms and reduced functional exercise capacity are associated with worse clinical outcomes following lung or heart transplantation. No studies, however, have prospectively assessed the associations between post-transplant depressive symptoms, actigraphy-assessed PA levels, and subsequent clinical outcomes in ambulatory transplant recipients.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 16, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: P.J. Smith, C. Frankel, D. Bacon, E. Bush, L. Snyder Tags: 206 Source Type: research