Renal failure and Quality of Life Indicators in Kidney Transplantation

Description

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) contains many aspects of patients' health such as physical, psychological, social functioning and a general well-being. Progress in renal transplantation and im- munosuppressive therapies have increased significantly in recent decades, resulting in allograft survival rates at one year is now over 90%. Numerous clinical trials have established the impor- tance of quality of life in a variety of diseases, and it is extremely popular to evaluate quality of life in clinical trials as a measure of patients' subjective state of health. The purpose of the study was to identify factors associated with quality of life after renal trans- plantation.

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• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki

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