title: Suffer from Dialysis as a Predictor of Mental Health Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: a Preliminary Longitudinal Study.
abstract: Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are exposed to extreme physiological and psychological stressors, which make posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms a reasonable concern for this population. In this preliminary longitudinal study, we aimed to explore whether dialysis's duration and level of suffering from dialysis contribute to the explained variance of post-transplant PTSD symptomatology among KT recipients. One hundred and four consecutive KT recipients (wave 1) were surveyed and approached again (wave 2, N = 61) with the same measurement tools. The results revealed that the main predictor of mental health incidents in wave 1 and wave 2 was suffering from dialysis.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. razizik@bezeqint.net.
authors.forename: Yaira
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamama-Raz
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezra
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tirosh
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Roni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baruch
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakache
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Dialysis; Kidney transplant recipients; PTSD symptomatology