Confirming high prevalence of patients with a high risk for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome after kidney transplantation

Structure validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in renal transplant recipients: A confirmatory factor analysis

“…In the chronically ill, for example in heart‐failure patients, daytime sleepiness is associated with poor self‐care 11,12 and in dialysis patients poor sleep quality is associated with increased mortality 13 . In RTx recipients sleep impairments are associated with a decreased emotional state, 14 increased psychological problems, co‐morbidities, 15 and decreased quality of life 15–17 …”

Validity of 2 Sleep Quality Items to Be Used in a Large Cohort Study of Kidney Transplant Recipients

“…used the self-reported Athens Insomnia Scale showed improvements in sleep quality from before to after kidney transplant. The few studies published on the topic link sleep disturbances in kidney transplantation with psychological problems, 11 depression, 2 increased occurrence of comorbid diseases, [11][12][13] and decreased health-related quality of life. 2 The prevalence of daytime impairment is less pronounced.…”

“…A study of kidney transplant recipients used the Epworth Sleepiness Scale to compare sleepiness before and after transplantation. Average scores decreased from 9 (range, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] before kidney transplantation to 8 (range, [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] after kidney transplantation, although the difference was not statistically significant. 8 Our theoretical framework, the 2-process sleep regulation model, describes the interaction of a sleepwake dependent homeostatic process, S, and a circadian process, C, that control the timing and structure of sleep and wakefulness.…”