Psychiatric Morbidity in Long-term Renal Transplant Recipients and Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

摘要: This study assessed and compared psychiatric morbidity in long-term (five years or longer) renal transplant recipients patients undergoing hemodialysis. Fifty-seven of 98 44 89 dialysis returned questionnaires designed to collect demographic information detect morbidity. The two groups differed significantly only that the were both older medically sicker than recipients. Forty-six percent group 48% could be identified as psychiatrically impaired either by their scores on General Health Questionnaire a history prior treatment. finding nearly equivalent these does not support often-held notions about psychological advantages transplantation over dialysis. We conclude with chronic failure is high appears related choice ( JAMA 1983;250:55-58)