| Literature DB >> 28247288 |
Yaira Hamama-Raz1, Menachem Ben-Ezra2, Yael Tirosh3, Roni Baruch3, Richard Nakache3.
Abstract
Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are exposed to extreme physiological and psychological stressors, which make posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms a reasonable concern for this population. In this preliminary longitudinal study, we aimed to explore whether dialysis's duration and level of suffering from dialysis contribute to the explained variance of post-transplant PTSD symptomatology among KT recipients. One hundred and four consecutive KT recipients (wave 1) were surveyed and approached again (wave 2, N = 61) with the same measurement tools. The results revealed that the main predictor of mental health incidents in wave 1 and wave 2 was suffering from dialysis.Entities:
Keywords: Dialysis; Kidney transplant recipients; PTSD symptomatology
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28247288 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-017-9501-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Q ISSN: 0033-2720