Comparing Emotional Adjustment of Living-donor and Deceased-donor Kidney Transplant Patients.

ABSTRACT: Kidney transplantation is regarded as the best treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease. However, living-donor recipients (LDRs) and deceased-donor recipients (DDRs) still face challenges in transplant-specific emotional adjustment post-transplantation. Research distinguishing emotional adjustment between transplant groups has been limited to Western settings, with little attention given to Asian populations. As such, documenting and comparing the emotional adjustment of LDRs and DDRs in an ethnically diverse Asian setting in Singapore and identifying factors associated with emotional adjustment are of interest.

Methods

One hundred eighty-two kidney transplant patients (106 LDRs and 76 DDRs) completed measures of generic distress (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-

SUBMITTER: Lai YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004627 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature