221: Patterns and Predictors of Stress and Coping from 5 to 10 Years after Heart Transplantation

There are no long-term, longitudinal, multi-site studies of stress and coping after heart transplantation (HT). The purposes of this study were to describe patterns of stress and coping over time, identify differences in coping use at 5 and 10 years after HT by demographic variables, and identify predictors of overall stress at 5 and 10 years after HT.