title: Progressive increase of anxiety and depression in patients waiting for a kidney transplantation.
abstract: Because of the increasing duration of the waiting-list period for kidney transplantation, we hypothesized that this period was associated with a progressive increase in depressive and anxious symptoms in patients waitlisted for a kidney transplantation. In a prospective naturalistic follow-up cohort study, 390 patients on a waiting list for kidney transplant were assessed for anxiety and depression at the time of inclusion on the waiting list, 12 months later, 24 months later, and 3 months after transplantation. The Beck Depression Inventory-Short Version (Short-BDI) and the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used for this assessment. We found that in this sample, anxious and depressive symptoms progressively increased before transplantation and showed a marked decrease after transplantation. We conclude that to limit anxious and depressive symptoms in patients waiting for a kidney transplantation, the duration of the waiting list period should be reduced as far as possible.
authors.affiliation: INSERMU 669, Department of Psychiatry, Bicêtre University Hospital, Paris XI University, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 78 Rue du Général Leclerc, 94230 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France. emmanuelle.corruble@bct.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Corruble
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durrbach
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Sharareh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amidi
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dezamis
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Falissard
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013997:Time Factors; D014850:Waiting Lists