Y Tamura1, A Urawa2, S Watanabe2, T Hasegawa3, T Ogura4, K Nishikawa5, Y Sugimura6, T Komori7, M Okada8. 1. School of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: yukotamura1009@gmail.com. 2. Organ Transplantation Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan. 3. Medical Welfare Support Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan. 4. Clinical Research Support Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan. 5. Organ Transplantation Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan; Department of Nephro-Urologic Surgery and Andrology, School of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, Japan. 6. Department of Nephro-Urologic Surgery and Andrology, School of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, Japan. 7. School of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, Japan. 8. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation is performed as a useful treatment to improve the quality of life (QOL) of patients with end-stage renal failure; however, the correlation between mood status and QOL among recipients post-kidney transplantation have yet to be clarified. METHODS: Sixty-eight post-kidney transplantation patients who visited our institution between March and December 2016 were enrolled in this study. The QOL of the participants as measured by the Short Form-36 Health Survey Version 2 (SF-36v2) questionnaire was compared to results gathered from hemodialysis patients in a previous study. To identify the factors associated with QOL, a multiple regression analysis was performed, including some physical, mental, and socioeconomic characteristics as well as the Profile of Mood States as independent variables. RESULTS: The QOL of the transplantation group was significantly higher for all 8 subscales of SF-36v2 compared to the hemodialysis group. Among the factors, greater age and higher Confusion levels were related to lower physical QOL. In addition, higher Vigor and lower Fatigue levels were related to higher mental QOL, while the condition of having an occupation was related to higher role/social QOL. CONCLUSION: The QOL of recipients after kidney transplantation was better than that of hemodialysis patients. It is important to pay attention to mood status, especially confusion and fatigue, in order to maintain and improve the QOL of the recipient after kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation can be a beneficial treatment not only physically but also psychologically and socially.
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation is performed as a useful treatment to improve the quality of life (QOL) of patients with end-stage renal failure; however, the correlation between mood status and QOL among recipients post-kidney transplantation have yet to be clarified. METHODS: Sixty-eight post-kidney transplantation patients who visited our institution between March and December 2016 were enrolled in this study. The QOL of the participants as measured by the Short Form-36 Health Survey Version 2 (SF-36v2) questionnaire was compared to results gathered from hemodialysis patients in a previous study. To identify the factors associated with QOL, a multiple regression analysis was performed, including some physical, mental, and socioeconomic characteristics as well as the Profile of Mood States as independent variables. RESULTS: The QOL of the transplantation group was significantly higher for all 8 subscales of SF-36v2 compared to the hemodialysis group. Among the factors, greater age and higher Confusion levels were related to lower physical QOL. In addition, higher Vigor and lower Fatigue levels were related to higher mental QOL, while the condition of having an occupation was related to higher role/social QOL. CONCLUSION: The QOL of recipients after kidney transplantation was better than that of hemodialysis patients. It is important to pay attention to mood status, especially confusion and fatigue, in order to maintain and improve the QOL of the recipient after kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation can be a beneficial treatment not only physically but also psychologically and socially.
Authors: Erzsi Tegzess; Antonio W Gomes Neto; Robert A Pol; Silke E de Boer; Hessel Peters-Sengers; Jan-Stephan F Sanders; Stefan P Berger Journal: Transpl Int Date: 2021-10-28 Impact factor: 3.842
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