Quality of life assessed by SF-36 health survey in renal transplant patients

Manu, M.A.; Radulescu, Sarah J.; Hârza, M.; Manu, R.; Capşa, D; Sinescu, I.

doi:10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02715-9

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“…The Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale developed by Devins et al has also been used in different patient populations with chronic diseases, including dialysis and transplanted patients [16]. The most commonly used general tool is the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (MOS-SF-36) questionnaire [10,11,14,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The SF-36 consists of eight multi-item measures of physical and mental health status: ''Physical functioning''; ''Limitation in role function for physical reasons''; ''Bodily pain''; ''General health perceptions''; ''Energy/fatigue''; ''Social function''; ''Limitation in role function for emotional reasons''; and ''Emotional well-being''.…”

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Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

2009

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Kidney transplantation provides the best outcome for patients with end-stage renal failure both in terms of morbidity and mortality and health-related quality of life (QoL). Health-related QoL has become recognized as an important outcome measure in patients with different chronic medical conditions, including chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are several factors in kidney-transplanted patients which have a negative impact on QoL in these patients. Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS), are common in kidney-transplanted patients and clearly belong to this group of factors, although there is only limited published data available about the association between sleep problems and QoL in this patient population. The prevalence of both insomnia and RLS is reduced in kidney-transplanted patients compared to dialysis patients, and it is similar to the prevalence observed in the general population. The prevalence of sleep apnea, however, is very high, around 30%. The association between the presence of these sleep disorders and impaired QoL has been relatively well documented in dialysis patients, but there is only scarce published information about this association in the kidney transplant population. In this paper, we will summarize data from the literature describing the impact of sleep problems, which are potentially treatable, on QoL in kidney-transplanted patients. We suggest that the appropriate diagnosis and management of sleep disorders may improve QoL in kidney-transplanted patients.

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Section: Quality Of Life Assessment In Kidney-transplanted Patientsmentioning

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Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

2009

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“…Indeed, the HQoL scores found in the current study are well below the general US population norms (37). However, other studies have found that transplant recipientsÕ HQoL approaches, is equivalent to, or occasionally surpasses HQoL in the general population (5,13,14). As the median income in our sample was $12 897, it was substantially lower compared with the 2004 US population median income of $44 684, and we suspect that transplant recipients with incomes approaching or greater than the US median will have HQoL approximating the general population given the influence of income on HQoL (47,48).…”

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“…Likewise, comparisons between RTRs and the USA general population norms of healthy individuals have also produced variable results. Some studies have found that RTRs have poorer HQoL compared with healthy individuals (4,8,12), while other studies have found that measures of certain HQoL dimensions approach or surpass those of the general population (5,10,13,14).…”

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Influence of economic and demographic factors on quality of life in renal transplant recipients

Chisholm

Spivey

Nus

2007

Clinical Transplantation

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“…The quality of life reported by kidney transplant recipients approaches that of the general United States population compared to hemodialysis patients who report worse quality of life than kidney transplant recipients and the general United States population in cross-sectional studies [1,2,3,4]. Hemodialysis patients awaiting allografts report improvements in quality of life after kidney transplantation in longitudinal studies as well [4,5,6,7].…”

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Comorbidities affect the impact of urinary incontinence as measured by disease-specific quality of life instruments

Heit¹,

Blackwell²,

Ouseph

2004

Int Urogynecol J

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The aim of this study was to determine if the impact of urinary incontinence on activities of daily living, as measured by a disease-specific quality of life instrument, is dependent on comorbid conditions. Incontinent kidney transplant recipients participated in a survey to determine the impact of urinary incontinence on activities of daily living using the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ-7). Similar information was collected from the charts of nontransplant incontinent women. Participants were matched for age, incontinence severity, pads per day, and leaks per day noted in a 3-day 24-h bladder diary. IIQ-7 scores from participants were compared using Mann-Whitney U tests. Nontransplant incontinent women reported a 200% greater affect of incontinence on activities of daily living than incontinent renal transplant recipients (35.5+/-26.5 vs 12.9+/-15.4, p<0.0001) despite similarities in incontinence severity measures. Urinary incontinence has less of an impact on activities of daily living for renal transplant recipients than nontransplant incontinent women with similar incontinence severity measures because the disease-specific quality of life instrument used in this study was sensitive to their comorbid condition (transplant status).

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Quality of life assessed by SF-36 health survey in renal transplant patients

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

Sleep disorders and quality of life in renal transplant recipients

Influence of economic and demographic factors on quality of life in renal transplant recipients

Comorbidities affect the impact of urinary incontinence as measured by disease-specific quality of life instruments

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