A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran

Background and Objectives: Renal transplantation as a treatment of choice in most of the patients with ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) improves physical domain of quality of life, but because of the effects of immunosuppressive drags, ongoing medical care may be required, and this problem influence o...

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Main Authors: Raheleh Jvanbakhtian, Razieh Sadat Hosseini
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Qom University of Medical Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum
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Online Access:http://journal.muq.ac.ir/article-1-710-en.html
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spelling doaj-a109852686ce425e91da46aca0a9a9a82021-08-31T10:00:33ZfasQom University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum1735-77992008-13752013-11-0175813A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, IranRaheleh Jvanbakhtian0Razieh Sadat Hosseini1 Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences Background and Objectives: Renal transplantation as a treatment of choice in most of the patients with ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) improves physical domain of quality of life, but because of the effects of immunosuppressive drags, ongoing medical care may be required, and this problem influence on psychological, economic, and social status, and therefore quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate physical and psychological domains of quality of life in kidney transplantation patients in Kerman City. Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, quality of life of 105 kidney transplantation patients in Kerman city was assessed using SF36 questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Statistical Tests, such as independent t-test, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and ANOVA. Significance level was considered to be p<0.05. Results: The mean score of quality of life in kidney transplantations patients was 60.95±18.01, physical domain score was 59.77±14.78, and psychological domain score was 62.58±10.22. The maximum score was related to role limitation due to physical problems (72.25) and minimum score was related to general health (58.25). Analysis of the psychological domain scores according to demographic variables showed no significant difference, but in the physical domain, this difference was significant in terms of age and marital status (p&le;0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that kidney transplantation patients have relatively favorable quality of life, and psychological domain scores of quality of life were higher than those of physical domain.http://journal.muq.ac.ir/article-1-710-en.htmlquality of lifekidney transplantationpatientsquality of life questionnaire
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A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum
quality of life
kidney transplantation
patients
quality of life questionnaire
author_facet Raheleh Jvanbakhtian
Razieh Sadat Hosseini
author_sort Raheleh Jvanbakhtian
title A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
title_short A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
title_full A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
title_fullStr A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
title_full_unstemmed A Study of Physical and Psychological Domains of Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation Patients in Kerman City, Iran
title_sort study of physical and psychological domains of quality of life in kidney transplantation patients in kerman city, iran
publisher Qom University of Medical Sciences
series Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum
issn 1735-7799
2008-1375
publishDate 2013-11-01
description Background and Objectives: Renal transplantation as a treatment of choice in most of the patients with ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) improves physical domain of quality of life, but because of the effects of immunosuppressive drags, ongoing medical care may be required, and this problem influence on psychological, economic, and social status, and therefore quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate physical and psychological domains of quality of life in kidney transplantation patients in Kerman City. Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, quality of life of 105 kidney transplantation patients in Kerman city was assessed using SF36 questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Statistical Tests, such as independent t-test, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and ANOVA. Significance level was considered to be p<0.05. Results: The mean score of quality of life in kidney transplantations patients was 60.95±18.01, physical domain score was 59.77±14.78, and psychological domain score was 62.58±10.22. The maximum score was related to role limitation due to physical problems (72.25) and minimum score was related to general health (58.25). Analysis of the psychological domain scores according to demographic variables showed no significant difference, but in the physical domain, this difference was significant in terms of age and marital status (p&le;0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that kidney transplantation patients have relatively favorable quality of life, and psychological domain scores of quality of life were higher than those of physical domain.
topic quality of life
kidney transplantation
patients
quality of life questionnaire
url http://journal.muq.ac.ir/article-1-710-en.html
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