Sexual function, quality of life and symptoms of anxiety and depression in kidney transplant recipients

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Darci Ramos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Gleysle Ramos, Rocha, Tânia Pavão Oliveira, Malheiros, Elizabeth Santos de Andrade, Moreira, Mara Alessandra Pereira, Silva, Vívian Brito, Corrêa, Rita da Graça Carvalhal Frazão, Carneiro, Sueli Coelho da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/37814
• topic: Kidney transplantation; Sexuality; Quality of life; Anxiety; Depression.; Trasplante de riñón; Sexualidad; Calidad de vida; Ansiedad; Depresión.; Transplante renal; Sexualidade; Qualidade de vida; Ansiedade; Depressão.

Objective: to associate sexual function, quality of life (QOL), symptoms of anxiety and depression with sociodemographic and clinical aspects in kidney transplant recipients.  Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in the northeast of Brazil, in a reference University Hospital in the state of Maranhão for performing transplants, data collected from January to December 2019, sample of 240 kidney transplant recipients, > 18 years in time of transplantation, regular outpatient follow-up;  quality of life, sexual function, anxiety symptoms and depression were assessed using WHOQOL-bref, Sexual Quotient – male version (QSM) and female version (QSF), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Measurement Scale (HADS);  normality assumptions were evaluated by the Shapiro Wilk test, comparison of means was used Student t-test for independent samples or Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with post-hoc Bonferroni, in the absence of normality, Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis with post hoc Dunnet. Results: participants had a mean age of 42 years, 123 women had lower scores for general QOL (p=0.001), low general sexual function (p<0.001), higher levels of anxiety symptoms (p = 0.002) and depressive symptoms (p < 0.001); sexual function and QOL negatively influenced by sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.  Conclusion: it is important to emphasize the need to specify with more clarity about personal, environmental and clinical factors that negatively influence QOL outcomes, therefore, a better understanding of these factors is essential to develop interventions that improve QOL and sexual function in the context of transplantation and minimize symptoms of anxiety and depression.