Quality of life and mood in renal transplantation recipients, donors, and controls: preliminary report.
Currently, living related donors are involved in approximately 85% of all kidney transplantations performed at our institution. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an important outcome factor in chronic disease. Quality of life may be diminished by prolonged illness or certain treatment modalities and by negative, disabling effects on mood. We investigated HRQL and mood in renal transplant recipients, donors, and controls using the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and 36-item Short Form Health Survey. Recipient depression scores were significantly higher (indicating more serious depression) than those of donors (P <.05), but similar to those of the controls. There was no significant difference between the donor and the control subjects' depression scores. The anxiety scores of the recipients and donors were similar; and recipient anxiety scores were significantly higher than those of the control subjects (P <.05). The recipient scores indicated significantly poorer physical functioning (P <.001), significantly greater physical limitation on roles (P <.01), and lower levels of general health (P <.01) compared to controls. The recipient scores for vitality, pain, social functioning, and emotional limitations on roles were similar to those of the controls. Our results indicate that most recipients and donors experience anxiety after renal transplantation. This study confirms that recipients have favorable outcomes with respect to social functioning and emotional well-being. Overall, the results of this preliminary study are positive, encouraging us to continue to perform living donor kidney transplantation.
Tanriverdi
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Department of Psychiatry, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozçürümez
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Colak
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Dürü
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C
Emiroğlu
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Zileli
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L
Haberal
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M
D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011788:Quality of Life; D012919:Social Behavior