An investigation of quality of life in kidney transplant patients

the quality of life in renal transplant among ESRD patients have been identified the best treatment. This study, was done with the aim of “Quality of life in renal transplant recipients” done. This cross-sectional study was done in 81 patients with kidney transplantation in Tehran in 2012, with simple sampling. Data collection tools include a demographic data collection form and a questionnaire which measured quality of life (SF-8). Analytical and test SPSS 15 software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the quality of life in renal transplant recipients was average (75.3%). And 23.9% were low quality of life in renal transplant recipients. Between the quality of life, duration of disease and the expected significant links were found on the list (P=0.002); but the evaluation of the quality of life was not significantly associated with demographic variables (P >0.05). In this study, the majority of recipients were reported to be moderate given the high financial cost of the transplant and impose stress on patients and their families, studies to identify the factors disrupting the quality of life is established.Discussion and In this study, the majority of recipients were reported to be moderate. Given the high financial cost of the transplant and impose stress on patients and their families, studies to identify the factors disrupting the quality of life is established.