Quality of life of individuals receiving kidney transplantation in Amazonas State.
Eliza Dayanne de Oliveira Cordeiro, Tatiana Castro da Costa, Monique Figueiredo Teixeira and 2 others
PMID 32520243WHAT IT FOUND
Kidney transplant recipients in Amazonas rated sleep and work lowest on quality of life, 53.7 and 36.5 out of 100.
Physical and emotional function were also low, 52.4 and 55.1. Scores are self-reported, not treatment effects.
Key findings
01Kidney transplant recipients in Amazonas reported the lowest quality-of-life scores in Sleep (53.7) and Work Situation (36.5) on a 0-to-100 scale, where higher means better.
02The lowest generic health scores were Physical Function (52.4) and Emotional Function (55.1).
03Sleep and Emotional Function had a moderate correlation (r=0.32), and Work Situation and Physical Function had a moderate correlation (r=0.42), both significant at level 0.01.
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What it does not show
The cross-sectional design cannot show why patients scored low or whether any intervention caused improvement. Some registered patients were not localized or did not attend follow-up, and four indigenous patients were excluded because consent could not be obtained in the available time. The study included only transplant recipients followed in two Manaus institutions, so it may not apply to patients in other regions or settings. Quality of life was measured with a self-report questionnaire, and the quantitative method did not cover the full complexity of the topic. The paper did not test a clinical intervention, so the correlations cannot be read as evidence that improving sleep, work, physical function, or emotional function would improve overall quality of life.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the low Sleep and Work Situation scores as evidence that nurse-led education, exercise, or follow-up improves quality of life. The study was a cross-sectional survey of self-reported scores, so it describes patients at one time and cannot show cause or treatment effect.