Life situation and quality of life in young adult kidney transplant recipients

Life situation and quality of life in young adult kidney transplant recipients.

BACKGROUND Young adults, 18-35 years of age, may be more vulnerable to chronic diseases than other age groups. In this study we describe the life situation and lifestyle of young adult kidney transplant recipients and compare their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with a general population sample. METHODS Questionnaires, including items on life situation, lifestyle, and the SF-36 HRQoL ...

health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients

Quality of life in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients.

BACKGROUND Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK Tx) allows dialysis and insulin therapy to be discontinued and improves the complications of diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1). This study measure quality of life (QoL) in SPK transplant recipients and determine if there are differences in QoL between these patients and those with DM1 in renal replacement therapy (RRT). METHODS Short F...

Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients

I have read with interest the paper of Tayyebi et al. (1) and I am impressed by the efforts that the authors made to elaborate the Iranian version of the kidney transplant questionnaire (KTQ-25) and I would like to congratulate the authors for the effect of their work. Renal transplantation is a method that improves both patient survival and quality of life, and is cost-effective in patients wi...

ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN 50 PATIENTS WHILE UNDER HEMODIALYSIS AND FOLLOWING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

The quality of life of 50 end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis was evaluated before and after kidney transplantation (KTx). Mean duration of the patients' hemodialysis was 3 years and mean postoperative period was 2.4 years when tested. Common problems of such patients such as depression, sleep disorders, energy pattern disruption, sex-life difficulties, and appetite dis...