Anxiety and Depression: A Comparison Between Renal Transplant Recipients and Hemodialysis Patients

Still Sad after Successful Renal Transplantation: Are We Failing to Recognise Depression? An Audit of Depression Screening in Renal Graft Recipients

“…Following transplantation, one may expect the prevalence of depression to markedly decrease, however, some case-control studies have reported depression to be of a similar prevalence in the graft recipient group as in haemodialysis patients [7], whilst a recent cross-sectional study found only a slightly reduced prevalence of 22% in the graft recipient group versus 33% in controls on haemodialysis awaiting transplantation [8]. There is no firm consensus in the literature [9,10,11].…”

Stress Coping Strategies in Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplant Patients

“…Psychological disorders frequently accompany chronic diseases, and this is especially prevalent among patients with ESRD [3,5]. Renal transplantation, the treatment of choice for ESRD, is highly stressful for patients despite its advantages [5]. These patients are likely to encounter many problems caused by the treatment modalities aside from the physical effects of the disease.…”

Depression Doubles Mortality Risk among Transplant Recipients

“…There is consensus on the significance of psychosocial factors in influencing life after transplant [9][10][11][12][13]. The positive and negative impact of a multitude of psychosocial conditions such as anxiety and uncertainty about future, coping with challenges of transplant is analysed to understand the subjective factors in transplant experience.…”

“…''Perception of a better QoL correlated with less perception of depression.'' [10]. Besides noncompliance and viral infections, depression is one of the major causes so far for organ rejection.…”