Table 3. Stream one summary.
The specific transition needs and problems experienced by young people with CKD.
Phenomena of interest | Propositions | References |
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Social |
Adolescents and young people with CKD face difficulties in developing social networks. | [33,35] |
Side-effects of medication causes distress amongst adolescents and young people. | [33] | |
Young people with CKD have a lower quality of life both-health related and generally. | [28] | |
Young people with CKD are invisibly disabled. | [33] | |
Psycho-social factors affect compliance. | [8] | |
Developmental |
The age of initial diagnosis and transplant has a significant effect on transition needs | [23,57] |
Young people with CKD may suffer educational and subsequently employment disadvantages | [31,33–35] | |
Restricted growth can decrease HRQOL for young people with CKD | [51] | |
Young people with CKD show delays in achieving adult independence | [22,34,58] | |
Psychological | Young people with CKD may have cognition deficits. | [35] |
Young people with CKD suffer from low self-esteem. | [35,58] | |
Depression and mental illness comorbid with CKD in adolescence. | [23,31,35] | |
Health related | Young renal transplant patients have higher risk of graft loss | [8,26,27] |
Adolescents and young adults with CKD at risk for poor health outcomes related to self-management. | [28] [58] | |
Young people with CKD or kidney transplants have lower HRQoL scores | [37] |