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16797282

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
An ideal method for quality of life (QOL) assessment in renal transplant recipients (RTR) has not yet been determined. Present assessments of QOL in RTR are lengthy, cumbersome to administer, and difficult to interpret. We used a previously validated single question QOL scale score (QLS) that directly asks about the patients' overall assessment of their QOL; "Considering all parts of my life-physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial--over the past 2 days the quality of my life has been ... ". The QLS ranges from 0 ("very bad") to 10 ("excellent"). Patients were contacted prior to their routine office visit when they were free of acute medical problems. Fifty RTR participated. Psychosocial and medical variables included the Beck Depression Inventory, Illness Effects Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, time since transplant, age, creatinine, hemoglobin, and albumin levels. Of the patients, 64% were African-American and 48% were women; 94% of patients had a score>5. Mean QLS was 7.5+/-2.3. Perception of a better QOL correlated with less perception of depression and illness effects and with perception of greater social support and satisfaction with life (all P<.05). Perception of QOL did not correlate with age, time since transplantation, creatinine, hemoglobin or albumin levels. We concluded that QLS is a quick tool to measure subjective QOL in RTR for correlation with psychosocial factors of interest in this group. These studies should be replicated in larger multiethnic populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1283-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Quality of life and psychosocial factors in renal transplant recipients.
pubmed:affiliation
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article