Table 5.
Factors associated with QOL in renal transplant patients.
| Variable | N | Physical | Psychological | Social | Environmental | |
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| Graft function | Good | 102 | 78.6 (17.6)a | 77.3 (14.0) | 78.8 (19.3) | 82.5 (14.1) |
| Unsatisfactory | 48 | 70.9 (21.8) | 74.4 (17.9) | 79.6 (22.4) | 78.4 (17.7) | |
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| Age | r value | 151 | −0.313c | 0.071 | −0.105 | −0.143 |
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| Age category | 10–19 | 6 | 93.8 (6.9)b | 82.3 (8.4) | 86.5 (17.5) | 95.0 (4.5) |
| 20–29 | 22 | 84.5 (14.4) | 72.6 (17.3) | 75.3 (25.5) | 81.5 (15.0) | |
| 30–39 | 23 | 73.5 (20.6) | 71.3 (15.9) | 81.8 (22.2) | 1.6 (17.8) | |
| 40–49 | 29 | 76.5 (18.0) | 78.7 (11.0) | 84.1 (19.1) | 80.3 (15.4) | |
| >50 | 71 | 72.9 (20.1) | 77.7 (16.2) | 76.9 (18.4 | 80.2 (15.1) | |
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| Gender | Male | 84 | 80.9 (17.4)c | 78.0 (15.8) | 81.1 (17.8) | 83.5 (13.8)a |
| Female | 67 | 69.9 (19.8) | 74.4 (14.6) | 76.6 (22.9) | 78.6 (16.9) | |
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| Duration | <1 year | 28 | 83.6 (17.5)a | 77.9 (14.7) | 79.6 (19.6) | 82.8 (16.3) |
| >1 year | 123 | 75.7 (19.4) | 75.8 (15.8) | 80.9 (19.4) | 79.9 (15.6) | |
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| Type of transplant | Cadaveric | 39 | 76.4 (18.4) | 77.4 (16.5) | 80.4 (21.9) | 81.1 (15.6) |
| LRRT | 50 | 78.8 (18.6) | 75.9 (14.1) | 81.4 (16.7 | 79.4 (14.2) | |
| LNRRT | 42 | 74.9 (21.2 | 75.9 (16.3) | 79.6 (20.1) | 81.3 (17.8) | |
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| Economic | <5000 | 68 | 75.4 (19.7) | 75.4 (15.6) | 76.8 (22.1) | 75.8 (15.7)c |
| 5001–10 000 | 47 | 77.3 (20.1) | 77.7 (17.6) | 83.9 (16.8) | 83.9 (13.5) | |
| >10 001 | 31 | 75.5 (17.9) | 77.3 (11.9) | 78.3 (20.6) | 89.5 (11.7) | |
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| Level of education | Illiterate | 40 | 68.7 (20.9)c | 77.1 (14.7) | 75.5 (18.5) | 73.7 (17.3)c |
| Primary school | 30 | 71.2 (18.1) | 75.9 (13.4) | 79.8 (24.9) | 79.6 (13.6) | |
| High school | 24 | 82.2 (18.8) | 80.7 (14.9) | 83.6 (14.3) | 85.5 (14.9) | |
| University degree or above | 55 | 82.1 (16.2) | 74.7 (17.1) | 79.6 (20.9) | 85.6 (13.1) | |
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| Employment | Yes | 33 | 83.1 (16.8)a | 77.0 (11.6) | 86.1 (14.4)a | 85.9 (13.2)a |
| No | 118 | 74.1 (19.5) | 76.3 (16.3) | 77.2 (21.2) | 80.0 (15.8) | |
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| Marital status | Single | 26 | 86.5 (13.2)b | 75.1 (16.5)a | 78.4 (21.1) | 85.3 (14.6)b |
| Married | 88 | 76.3 (15.8) | 77.9 (13.8) | 82.4 (19.0) | 81.8 (13.6) | |
| Widow | 15 | 69.9 (18.4) | 75.1 (16.9) | 74.9 (15.9) | 70.9 (20.5) | |
| Divorced | 5 | 62.6 (22.8) | 56.4 (24.9) | 67.6 (22.9) | 64.0 (20.8) | |
Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation);
a
P<.05;
b
P<.01,
c
P<.001;
LRRT: Living-related renal transplant; LNRRT: Living non-related renal transplant