La signification de l'expérience d'attente d'une greffe de foie pour des personnes atteintes d'insuffisance hépatique
Waiting for a liver transplantation is a stressful reality for patients with liver failure. In north America, liver failure is associated with a high risk of mortality and the liver transplantation is the only way to save the patient’s life. However, the lack of deceased donors and the high rate of demand for transplantation increase the waiting period for a liver transplantation along with the risk of mortality on the waiting list. This long waiting period is associated with a deterioration of not only the patient’s physical condition but also his quality of life. This study aims to understand the experience of waiting for a liver transplantation for patients with liver failure. Six individual interviews had been conducted and the data had been analyzed according to one of the methods described by Miles and Huberman (2003). The results had shown that the patient waiting for liver transplantation experiences a feeling of uncertainty caracterized by the fear of death, sadness and anger, impatience, worryness and powerlessness. It has also been found that fatigue is an important cause of frustration for the informants.
Liver failure waiting Qualitative study Étude qualitative Liver transplantation