Quality of life and spirituality of patients with chronic kidney disease: pre- and post-transplant analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Olivera,Letícia Meazzini de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Okuno,Meiry Fernanda Pinto, Barbosa,Dulce Aparecida, Sesso,Ricardo de Castro Cintra, Scherrer Júnior,Gerson, Pessoa,João Luis Erbs, Fonseca,Cassiane Dezoti da, Belasco,Angélica Gonçalves Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001700151
• topic: Renal Insufficiency; Chronic; Kidney Transplantation; Quality of Life; Spirituality; Religion

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the quality of life (QoL) of patients under dialysis and after kidney transplant; correlate the QoL of transplant patients to sociodemographic, morbid and spirituality/religiosity variables. Method: prospective study with a quantitative approach, with a sample of 27 patients who underwent peritoneal dialysis or dialysis undergoing kidney transplant. QoL and spirituality were assessed by the KDQOL-SF and WHOQOL-SRPB tools, being correlated with sociodemographic and economic variables. Results: the dimensions of total mental component, kidney disease effects and kidney disease burden showed significant improvement in the post-transplant period, with p <0.0004. There was a significant correlation between four dimensions of spirituality and seven dimensions of QoL; p ranged from 0.04 to 0.006. Conclusion: there was a significant improvement in QoL in the post-transplant period. The dimensions of spirituality: wholeness and integration, spiritual connection, wonder and inner peace were positively correlated with seven dimensions of QoL.