Changes in health-related quality of life in Greek adult patients 1 year after successful renal transplantation.

Autor: Balaska A; Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece., Moustafellos P, Gourgiotis S, Pistolas D, Hadjiyannakis E, Vougas V, Drakopoulos S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation [Exp Clin Transplant] 2006 Dec; Vol. 4 (2), pp. 521-4.
Abstrakt: Objectives: This study was undertaken to compare and to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Greek adult transplant recipients before and 1 year after successful renal transplantation (RT) and to examine which parameters had the greatest effects on their HRQOL. The SF-36 survey score was used.
Materials and Methods: Eighty-five Greek hemodialysis patients underwent RT at the Transplant Unit of Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, including 44 men and 41 women (mean age, 43.8 years; range, 21-59 years). Thirty-nine patients had received a kidney from a living-related donor, and 46 from a cadaver. The scale scores of a Greek version of the SF-36 survey were compared between the transplant and the hemodialysis patients. We also examined the relationships of the scale scores with the patients' age and the type of donor.
Results: According to the SF-36 health survey, transplant recipients had better results for general health perception (P Conclusions: The SF-36 health survey is a validated and comprehensive instrument for evaluating renal transplant patients' HRQOL. Our data demonstrate an improvement in HRQOL in renal transplant patients from before to 1 year after successful RT. The data also confirm that the recipients' age at transplantation and the type of donor were important factors affecting the HRQOL.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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