Open AccessSleep disorders, depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life--a cross-sectional comparison between kidney transplant recipients and waitlisted patients on maintenance dialysis
Author(s) -
A Kovács,
Miklos Z. Molnar,
Lilla Szeifert,
C M Ambrus,
Marta Molnar-Varga,
András Szentkirályi,
István Mucsi,
Márta Novák
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfq476
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , quality of life (healthcare) , cross sectional study , kidney transplantation , renal replacement therapy , kidney transplant , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , transplantation , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , nursing , anxiety , pathology
Kidney transplantation is believed to improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). Recent studies suggested that the observed difference in HRQoL between kidney transplant recipients (Tx) vs patients treated with dialysis may reflect differences in patient characteristics. We tested if Tx patients have better HRQoL compared to waitlisted (WL) patients treated with dialysis after extensive adjustment for covariables.
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