Quality of life in cadaver and living-related renal transplant recipients in Kuala Lumpur hospital

Chiu, Shuenn–Nan; Wong, H.S.; Morad, Zaki; Loo, Liat Hui

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.08.105

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“…The physical restrictions are associated, mostly, to the frequent occurrence of comorbidity and side effects of the immunosuppressive therapy. The presence of comorbidity [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] has been considered as a predictor of worse quality of life after renal transplantation, particularly diabetes [29,30], although the quality of life of the diabetic patient submitted to dialysis improves after transplantation [1]. Besides the patients with diabetes previous to transplantation, up to 25% of all graft recipients at 3 years posttransplant have new-onset diabetes, as a side effect of the immunosuppressive drugs [31].…”

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Factors associated with health-related quality of life after successful kidney transplantation: a population-based study

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Among the studied variables, comorbidity and graft function were the main factors associated with the PCSc, and sociodemographic variables and graft function were the main determinants of MCSc. Despite comprehensive, the final regression models explained only a little part of the heath-related quality of life variance. Additional factors, such as personal, environmental and clinical ones might influence quality of life perceived by the patients after kidney transplantation.

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“…The Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale developed by Devins et al has also been used in different patient populations with chronic diseases, including dialysis and transplanted patients [16]. The most commonly used general tool is the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (MOS-SF-36) questionnaire [10,11,14,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The SF-36 consists of eight multi-item measures of physical and mental health status: ''Physical functioning''; ''Limitation in role function for physical reasons''; ''Bodily pain''; ''General health perceptions''; ''Energy/fatigue''; ''Social function''; ''Limitation in role function for emotional reasons''; and ''Emotional well-being''.…”

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Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

2009

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Kidney transplantation provides the best outcome for patients with end-stage renal failure both in terms of morbidity and mortality and health-related quality of life (QoL). Health-related QoL has become recognized as an important outcome measure in patients with different chronic medical conditions, including chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are several factors in kidney-transplanted patients which have a negative impact on QoL in these patients. Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS), are common in kidney-transplanted patients and clearly belong to this group of factors, although there is only limited published data available about the association between sleep problems and QoL in this patient population. The prevalence of both insomnia and RLS is reduced in kidney-transplanted patients compared to dialysis patients, and it is similar to the prevalence observed in the general population. The prevalence of sleep apnea, however, is very high, around 30%. The association between the presence of these sleep disorders and impaired QoL has been relatively well documented in dialysis patients, but there is only scarce published information about this association in the kidney transplant population. In this paper, we will summarize data from the literature describing the impact of sleep problems, which are potentially treatable, on QoL in kidney-transplanted patients. We suggest that the appropriate diagnosis and management of sleep disorders may improve QoL in kidney-transplanted patients.

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“…Studies with more proper analysis of predictive variables are unfortunately scarce. Searching the literature, we identified ten such studies (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Their results are heterogenous depending on study design, composition of the target population and explored variables.…”

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“…Their results are heterogenous depending on study design, composition of the target population and explored variables. Age is the best explored variable, and the majority of studies found higher age to be the most important negative predictor of perceived health status (7)(8)(9)(10)(11). The results are less clear for gender because only the study made by Wight et al, who compared cohorts of 292 dialysis and 228 transplanted patients, found female gender to be connected with worse physical functioning in kidney transplant recipients (7).…”

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Predictors of Perceived Health Status in Patients after Kidney Transplantation

Rosenberger

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Nagyová³

et al. 2006

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Major differences exist in PHS among kidney transplant recipients depending on their age. Side effects of therapy are the most important predictor of PHS for all age groups. PHS of young patients mostly depends on their renal function and their social support. Education and working activities are most important for middle-aged people whereas in older patients PHS is mostly affected by comorbidity.

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Quality of life in cadaver and living-related renal transplant recipients in Kuala Lumpur hospital

Cited by 9 publications

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Factors associated with health-related quality of life after successful kidney transplantation: a population-based study

Factors associated with health-related quality of life after successful kidney transplantation: a population-based study

Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

Predictors of Perceived Health Status in Patients after Kidney Transplantation

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