Abstract
Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are exposed to extreme physiological and psychological stressors, which make posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms a reasonable concern for this population. In this preliminary longitudinal study, we aimed to explore whether dialysis’s duration and level of suffering from dialysis contribute to the explained variance of post-transplant PTSD symptomatology among KT recipients. One hundred and four consecutive KT recipients (wave 1) were surveyed and approached again (wave 2, N = 61) with the same measurement tools. The results revealed that the main predictor of mental health incidents in wave 1 and wave 2 was suffering from dialysis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 879-883 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Psychiatric Quarterly |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Dialysis
- Kidney transplant recipients
- PTSD symptomatology
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Psychiatry and Mental health