title: Psychosocial well-being after kidney transplantation: A matched-pair case-control study.
abstract: A number of outcome studies showed that kidney transplantation is associated with improvements in health-related quality of life relative to the pre-transplant period, but comparisons with the general population produced mixed results. This study aimed to compare 30 successful (>1 year) kidney transplantation recipients with 30 matched-pair healthy controls on psychosocial well-being. Independent of gender, age and time since transplantation, transplanted patients equalled healthy people in the intrapersonal domains but scored worse in the interpersonal domains of psychosocial well-being. Identifying aspects of life that remain impaired after kidney transplantation may assist the development of interventions targeted at improving patients' adjustment.
authors.affiliation: University of Bologna, Italy paola.gremigni2@unibo.it.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gremigni
authors.affiliation: University of Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cappelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: kidney transplantation; psychological well-being; quantitative methods; social participation; social well-being