01 December 2020: Original Paper
MELD Score Reflects the Mood, Sleep, and Daily Living Ability in Liver Transplantation Candidates: A Descriptive Study
Kaiji Ni 1ABDE* , Chenglin Li 2BCDEF* , Yongbing Qian 3AB , Xia Sun 1E , Yan Zhan 4B , Ting Zeng 5B , Siqi Zhu 2B , Qiang Xia 3A , Wei Feng 1CDE* , Yanli Luo 1AEG*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926857
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e926857
Table 2 Results of HAMD-17, HAM-A, PSQI and ADL based on different MELD score groups.
| Average score | Positive | The Mann-Whitney-U-test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELD ≥15 | MELD <15 | MELD ≥15 | MELD <15 | P | |
| HAMD-17 | 8.4±10.3 | 3.6±4.8 | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (14.7%) | 0.063 |
| HAM-A | 9.0±10.4 | 3.1±4.5 | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (14.7%) | 0.024* |
| PSQI | 9.4±4.8 | 6.2±4.2 | 13 (72.2%) | 19 (55.9%) | 0.021* |
| ADL | 22.8±5.9 | 16.4±5.8 | 11 (61.1%) | 3 (8.8%) | 0.000* |
| * Statistically significant. | |||||