Vergleich der Lebensqualität von Dialysepatienten auf der Warteliste und Patienten nach Nierentransplantation

Subtitle: Comparison of quality of life of dialysis patients on the waiting list and patients after kidney transplantation

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Decker, Oliver | Overbeck, Ivonne | Mohs, Anja | Bartels, Michael | Geisse, Bettina | Hauss, Johann | Fangmann, Josef

Affiliations: Universität Leipzig, Selbst. Abt. Med. Psychologie u. Med. Soziologie, Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 55, 04103 Leipzig. E-mail: oliver.decker@medizin.uni-leipzig.de | Universität Leipzig, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik und -poliklinik II, Leipzig | Universität Halle, Halle

Abstract: Quality of life is becoming an increasingly important concept in the evaluation of different therapeutic interventions. In this study, 76 kidney transplanted patients were compared with 65 patients with end-stage renal disease awaiting transplantation. The results clearly show a higher quality of life in patients with a functioning graft. The low rate of return to work among transplanted patients may be explained by both their physical impairment and the currently high levels of unemployment.

Keywords: Quality of life, renal transplantation

Journal: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 27-30, 2008