A Prediction Model Development on Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Abstract

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing quality of life in kidney transplant recipients and to understand the concrete pathway of influence and the power of each variable, so that integrated prediction model to promote the quality of life of kidney transplant recipients could be developed. Methods: The sample was composed of 218 patients in follow-up care after a kidney transplant in one of 4 university hospitals in the Honam area. A structured questionnaire was used and the collected data were analyzed for fitness, using the LISREL program. Results: This model was concise and extensive in predicting the quality of life of kidney transplant recipients. Conclusion: The research verified the factors influencing quality of life for kidney transplant recipients and it verified that direct factors such as perception of health state, compliance, self-efficacy, stress and indirect factors such as self-efficacy and social support can be important factors to predict the quality of life for recipients. Moreover, those variables represent 87% of variance in explaining quality of life in a prediction model so that the variables can be utilized to predict quality of life for kidney transplant recipients.

Factors associated with health-related quality of life in renal transplant recipients: results of a national survey in France

“…We found that compliance and side effects were associated with very low scores [51], in every dimension and regardless of the measurement instrument used [52-54]. These results could be explained by the lack of information received concerning possible side effects, and the extreme importance of the treatment schedule [55].…”

Эпитаксиальные твердые растворы Al-=SUB=-x-=/SUB=-Ga-=SUB=-1-x-=/SUB=-As : Mg с различным типом проводимости

“…Основываясь на данных работы [24], в которой мето-дом фотолюминесцентной спектроскопии были изучены образцы GaAs с различным уровнем легирования маг-нием, и сравнивая их с нашими результатами, можно утверждать, что, исходя из формы полосы фотолю-минесценции гетероструктур, количество введенных в твердый раствор атомов примеси соответствует уровню легирования ∼ 10 18 см −3 . Этот результат согласуется с данными, полученными методами высокоразрешающей дифракции и рамановской спектроскопии.…”

“…Среди возможных вариантов наиболее перспективным является магний [19][20][21]. Использова-ние Mg весьма предпочтительно, так как он имеет большую растворимость и, встраиваясь в катионные узлы твердых растворов на основе A III B V , представ-ляет собой неглубокий акцепторный уровень [22][23][24][25]. Кроме того, легированные магнием эпитаксиальные слои имеют более низкое удельное сопротивление при аналогичном составе, нежели при использовании ана-логичных примесей для создания p-типа легирующей примеси.…”

The effectiveness of a rehabilitation programme for Chinese cancer survivors: A pilot study

“…To date, the existing cancer interventions have focused mainly on physical and psychological symptoms and QOL for cancer patients; a few studies have focused on how to improve self‐efficacy for cancer survivors . Studies revealed that self‐efficacy is a strong predictor of QOL for cancer patients and other disease populations, such as kidney transplant patients and coronary heart disease . In this study, we use Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory to guide and design the rehabilitation programme.…”