Smoking behaviour of patients before and after renal transplantation
| Autor: | Bernd Krüger, Stephan R. Orth, Bernhard K. Krämer, Bernhard Banas, Johanna Wolf, Carsten A. Böger, Miriam C. Banas, Ute Hoffmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment Risk Factors Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine medicine Humans Transplantation Homologous Sex Distribution Risk factor Intensive care medicine Dialysis Retrospective Studies Behavior Transplantation business.industry Smoking Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Kidney Transplantation Survival Rate Cross-Sectional Studies surgical procedures operative Cardiovascular Diseases Nephrology Waiting list Kidney Failure Chronic Female Smoking Cessation Hemodialysis Morbidity business Follow-Up Studies Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 23:1442-1446 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2385 0931-0509 |
| Popis: | Smoking is the most important remediable cardiovascular risk factor, and an independent risk factor for the progression of renal diseases. To date, only limited information about changes in cigarette-smoking habits before and after renal transplantation is available.In a comprehensive cross-sectional single centre study, we analysed smoking habits of patients registered on the waiting list for renal transplantation and patients that had received an allograft.Of 230 patients (76.1%), 175 on the waiting list and of 264 allograft recipients (87.5%), 231 were non-smokers at the time of investigation (P0.01). Among the non-smoking waiting list patients, only 71 (30.9%) had never smoked, whereas 108 (40.9%) patients of the allograft recipients were never-smokers. Of former smoking patients, 27.6% (n = 34) had stopped smoking after transplantation. Patients55 years of age and females were more likely to stop smoking than patients55 years of age or males. A data analysis revealed that smokers had a significantly lower probability to attain renal transplantation.We conclude that renal transplantation is a strong incentive for patients to stop smoking. Reasons for changes in smoking behaviour after renal transplantation may be an intense contact of the patients with their physicians, the fear of a premature loss of the transplanted organ with continued smoking and the psychological support during post-transplantation patient care. |
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