title: Crosssectional study of quality of life after renal transplant in end stage renal disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  End stage renal disease (ERD) is a psychologically debilitating illness with considerable emotional morbidity. There is variation in quality of life and mental health status among recipients and donor at different stages of kidney transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is an observational analytic study. Sample for the study comprised of forty (40) consecutive patients including 20 recipients and 20 donors of 20 kidney transplantations, male and female, and who themselves/whose relatives provided written informed consent were included in the study. Both recipients and donors were followed-up from 2 weeks prior to transplant surgery to 6 months post-operatively by phone and when they came for review in Nephrology Out-Patient Department (OPD). Quality of life and mental health status was compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Study groups were homogeneous on age, education, gender and marital status. After transplantation recipient's mean score in all parameters had increased and all changes were statistically significant (<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study significant changes in quality of life (QOL), and mental health status in recipients and donors before and after transplantation were noted. It is recommended to evaluate mental health related aspects of both donors and recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Jayadev
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tudu
authors.affiliation: Consultan Nephrology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hooda
keywords: End stage renal disease quality of life; renal transplant