Search for: [Abstract = "Due to advances in medicine, effective immunosuppression treatment, heart transplantation has become a available treatment option for a selected group of patients with end\-stage heart failure. In the assessment of outcomes following heart transplantation, the transplantation’s influence on psychic health and overall wellbeing is increasingly improving. Adjustment to the organ transplanted experience depends on physical, psychological as well as socio\-demographical predictors which may reduced or improved quality of life. Aim of the study. The main aim was the assessment of influence of selected psychological, medical as well socio\-demographical variables on quality of life of heart transplantation recipients.Material and methods. The study population consisted of 121 patients \(30 women and 91 men\)\; aged from 18 to 77 years, mean age of patients was 55, 01 years \(± 13, 23\). Time after heart transplantation was from 3 months to 20 years \(mean 10.54 ± 5.24\). In order to assess depended as well as independent variables the following research techniques were applied\: WHOQOL \- BREF \- to assess quality of life, Beck Depression Inventory Scale \(BDI \-SF \), Perceived Stress Scale \(PSS \-10\), Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence \(SOC\), coping strategies for stress \(Brief\-COPE\), Generalized Self Efficacy Scale \(GSES\), Life Orientation Test \(LOT\-R\), Berlin Social Support Scale \( BSSS \), the chara"]

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