Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jun 6, 2020; 8(11): 2162-2172
Published online Jun 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i11.2162
Differences in parents of pediatric liver transplantation and chronic liver disease patients
Sami Akbulut, Gulsen Gunes, Hasan Saritas, Bahar Aslan, Yunus Karipkiz, Khaled Demyati, Sukru Gungor, Sezai Yilmaz
Sami Akbulut, Khaled Demyati, Sezai Yilmaz, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Sami Akbulut, Gulsen Gunes, Department of Public Health, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Hasan Saritas, Bahar Aslan, Department of Surgical Nursing, Inonu University Faculty of Nursing's, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Yunus Karipkiz, Department of Nursing Care Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Khaled Demyati, Department of Surgery, An-Najah National University Hospital, An-Najah National University, Nablus 11941, Palestin
Sukru Gungor, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Author contributions: Saritas H, Karipkiz Y and Gungor S contributed to the data collection; Akbulut S and Gunes G contributed to the statistical analysis and manuscript writing; Demyati K contributed to the manuscript writing; Akbulut S, Gunes G and Yilmaz S contributed to the project development and review of final version.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Inonu University institutional review board for non-interventional studies (Approval No: 2017/11-5).
Informed consent statement: Verbal and written consent was obtained from all parents.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this manuscript.
Data sharing statement: There are no additional data available for this study.
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Corresponding author: Sami Akbulut, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig Yolu 10. Km, Malatya 44280, Turkey. akbulutsami@gmail.com
Received: December 31, 2019
Peer-review started: December 31, 2020
First decision: April 1, 2020
Revised: April 18, 2020
Accepted: May 14, 2020
Article in press: May 14, 2020
Published online: June 6, 2020
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Core Tip

Core tip: The status and satisfaction of parents of pediatric liver transplantation (LT) patients and that of parents of pediatric chronic liver disease (CLD) patients were compared using the pediatric health-related quality of life health care parent satisfaction scale and the impact on family scale, respectively. Parents of LT patients have more difficulties than parents of CLD patients due to their child’s health status. The satisfaction of the parents based on the pediatric health-related quality of life results in the LT group was significantly higher when compared to parents in the CLD group. No relationship was found between education level, monthly income, or place of residence and satisfaction with the health care services.