Abstract
BackgroundPoor quality of life has been reported after renal transplantation.So, we aimed to identify the quality of life and its demographic and clinical correlates among Egyptian renal transplant recipients.A cross-sectional observational study of 230 post-renal transplantation recipients (PRTRs) who were recruited from Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital and Nasser Institute nephrology clinics. All cases were subjected to a designed questionnaire for PRTRs, the semi-structured questionnaire for renal transplant recipients and the Arabic version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-100).ResultsAll the PRTRs had unsatisfactory social quality of life (QoL) while 97.8% had unsatisfactory overall QoL; moreover, 92.6% were not satisfied as regards environmental and independence QoL. Psychological dissatisfaction was met in 75.7% of all subjects, whereas the least dissatisfaction rate was the spiritual QoL (15.2%). Younger age groups were the most who complained of unsatisfactory quality of life in all domains except the spiritual QoL. All domains of QoL were found not statistically associated with gender, marital status, or social class. Subjects who received higher education had better psychological and independence QoL. The overall QoL and physical QoL were found to be correlated only with age. The psychological and independence QoL were positively correlated with age, sex, educational level, and occupation while the environmental QL was found to be positively correlated with occupation.ConclusionThe prevalence of unsatisfactory quality of life is quite high among PRTRs. Our findings pointed to the need of recognizing quality of life among renal transplant recipients, and we suggest that mental health professionals should be included in the multidisciplinary team.
Highlights
Poor quality of life has been reported after renal transplantation
(2) The semi-structured questionnaire for renal transplant recipients: a semi-structured questionnaire based on the Structured Interview for Renal Transplantation SIRT [17] to determine the medical condition of the post-renal transplantation recipients (PRTRs) and the circumstances of surgery
Age Younger age groups were the most who complained of unsatisfactory quality of life in all domains except the spiritual QoL
Summary
Poor quality of life has been reported after renal transplantation. So, we aimed to identify the quality of life and its demographic and clinical correlates among Egyptian renal transplant recipients. It is expected that in successful transplantation, the recipient’s QoL improves in all aspects [6], yet since the first organ transplantation in the 1950s, there have been reports that patients who underwent organ transplantation had a poor quality of life and prognosis if they were depressed and/or anxious prior to transplantation [7]. Psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety may be seen after a successful renal transplantation, and Rasheed et al Middle East Current Psychiatry (2020) 27:31 its frequency is quite higher in renal transplantation patients in comparison to others [8]
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