Kidney transplantationCandidateQuality of Life in Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, and Transplantation Patients
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Samples and Setting
This study was conducted in collaboration of Psychiatry and Nephrology Department of Gazi University Hospital, which is one of the three largest university hospitals in the capital city of Turkey during January 2004 to January 2007. Some of the data of this study was presented as a poster presentation at 40th National Psychiatry Congress of Turkey in 2004. The samples included three patient groups.
Results
Three patient groups showed similar sociodemographic features (Table 1). The mean age of the transplantation patients was significantly lower than the hemodialysis patients and peritoneal dialysis patients: 33.15 ± 10.61, 46.91 ± 15.77, 46.15 ± 15.29 years, respectively (P = .001). The three groups did not differ significantly with regard to the mean duration of renal disease: 80.38 ± 84.18 months for hemodialysis, 92.70 ± 96.78 months for peritoneal, 105.70 ± 71.97 months for transplant
Discussion
Although this study was performed in only one center, sociodemographic and clinical features and depression, anxiety, and QOL scores of our sample showed similar results with other Turkish centers.20, 21, 22 Overall, QOL scores of these patients were significantly lower than the normal Turkish population. Transplant recipients demonstrated the best QOL scores, and hemodialysis, the worst ones. However, contrary to our hypothesis, the three patient groups did not significantly differ with regard
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