Study Simmons et al. (1977): study US 1970
- Public:
- Adult renal patients, followed before and after transplant, USA, 1970-73
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 178
- Non Response:
- 15%
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
T1 right before transplant,T2 1 year after
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Earlier happiness
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 0 T1: pretransplant
1 T2: one year posttransplant
Happiness of renal patients assessed at:
T1: 5 days prior to the scheduled
transplant or after their names
were added to the waiting list
T2: a year after the transplant
Observed Relation with Happiness
- diabetical patients: T1: 9% T2: 72%
- non diabetical patients: T1: 37% T2: 81%