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Table 3 Pre- and postoperative frequency of benzodiazepine consumption and alcohol abuse

From: Posttraumatic stress symptoms after solid-organ transplantation: preoperative risk factors and the impact on health-related quality of life and life satisfaction

  

SOT recipients with post-operative PTSS

SOT recipients without post-operative PTSS

 
  

n

%

n

%

p

Alcohol

No alcohol abuse before and after SOT

15

78.9

81

75.7

p=1.000a

Alcohol abuse before SOT

3

15.8

21

19.6

Current alcohol abuse after SOT

1

5.3

5

4.7

Benzodiazepines

No benzo-diazepine consumption before and after SOT

12

63.2

92

86

p=0.018a

Benzodiazepine consumption before SOT

3

15.8

3

2.8

 

Present benzo-diazepine consumption after SOT

4

21.1

12

11.2%

 
  1. PTSS postoperative posttraumatic stress symptoms.
  2. SOT solid-organ transplantation.
  3. a Fisher’s exact test.