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Psychological contributors to the frail phenotype: The association between resilience and frailty in patients with cirrhosis.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Jan 2021
Wong Randi J, Mohamad Yara, Srisengfa Yanin T, Kent Dorothea S, Seetharaman Srilakshmi, Shah Rupal J, Lai Jennifer C
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We examined whether a key psychological trait-resilience, defined as one's ability to recover quickly from difficulties-contributes to the frail phenotype in patients with cirrhosis. Included were 300 adult patients with cirrhosis who underwent outpatient physical frailty testing using the Liver Frailty Index and resilience testing using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The Liver Frailty Index was...
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