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Evaluation of physical performance and quality of life among patients with previous kidney transplantation: A Cross-sectional study
Shami, Mohammed Adel M, Abdulrahman Mohammed Ali, Saud Mohammed Saud Aleisa, Meshari Ghali Alnefaie
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525174

Investigating the awareness of breast cancer among female pharmacy students in the Makkah region, Saudi Arabia
Jumana Sako, Ghdi Almsaoudi, Rasha AL-Malki, Raghidah Alilyyani,
Rawan Almatrafi, Raghad Almatrafi, Nouf Alwafi, Shuruq Alamer,
Rehab Almehmadi, Reem Alotaibi, Safaa Alsanosi, Alaa Falemban,
Deena Bukhary, Yosra Al-Hindi
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525175

Assessing Medical Student Basic Otolaryngology Knowledge:
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Yahya A. Fageeh, Mohammed A. Basurrah, Abdulaziz S. Aljuaid, Abdulmohsen H. Alghamdi, Rayan D. Alamri, Hamoud A. Alobaylan, Mujahid A. Alzahrani
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952596

Outcome of Antenatal Renal Pelvic Dilatation - Review of Cases from a Tertiary Care Center, in the Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Region, Saudi Arabia
Khalil Mahmoud, Abdullah Mohammed, Basim Qusayri, Bayan Hanif, Mohamed Ayed, Ahmad M. Elabed, Ahmed Kandeel Elhaddad
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525187

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COVID-19 Effect on Dietary Supplements' Consumption, Prophetic Medicine Practices and Herbs Use in Saudi Arabia
Elham Abbas Aljaaly, Reem Alhijri, Lujain Al Nasser
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952597

Self-Reported Adverse Events of COVID-19 Vaccines on Menstrual Cycles
Afaf Farouq Alzahrani, Nada Abdulfattah Abdulaal
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525188

Willingness and attitudes of parents of children under the age of 12 about the COVID- 19 vaccine in Taif city
Ayman A. Atalla, Jamal Faydh, Saad Althuwaybi, Ethar Alharthi, Amani Alrumaym
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525161

Population and Community Studies

Type III Supracondylar humeral fracture in children treated by 3 lateral versus 2 cross K-wire fixation, Aden, Yemen
Abdulsalam Abdullah Hadi Mohsen, Nazih Ali Abdulrahman Omer, Mustafa Kamal Mustafa, Ahmed Mohamed Albushtra
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525164

Assessment of Premarital Screening for Prospective Couples in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia, 2021
Ayman Mohammad Aboalam, Ali A. Al-Mousa, Saad Alamri, Ossama A. Mostafa
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525190

Review Articles

High sensitivity C-reactive protein and dyslipidemia as a marker for the risk for cardiovascular disease
Arun Pandeya, Naveen Kumar Shreevastva, Lal Chandra, Vishwajeet Rohil, Prahlad Karki, Madhab Lamsal
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525180

Role of Ipratropium bromide in management of Thunderstorm asthma
Numan Ahmad, Kaleem Murtaza Buttar
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525181

Subcutaneous Migration of Distal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter in Morbidly Obese Patients: Two Case reports
Sara Aljohani, Khalid Mahrous, Ahmed AlJohani, Luma Qutub,
Layan Kutub, Raghad Alhajrasi, Hussam Kutub, Abdulrahman Mohammed AlAhmadi
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525183

Case Reports

A diagnostic surprise of Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a 29-year-old long distance runner
Kaleem Murtaza Buttar, Numan Ahmad
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525185

Middle age man with Gastroparesis
Babur Qayyum Khan
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525186

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October 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 10

Evaluation of physical performance and quality of life among patients with previous kidney transplantation:
A Cross-sectional study

Shami, Mohammed Adel M Abdulrahman Mohammed Ali
Saud Mohammed Saud Aleisa
Meshari Ghali Alnefaie

Urologist, King Abdulaziz Specialist, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author:
Shami, Mohammed Adel M
Email: 5o6af71@gmail.com

Received: August 2022 Accepted: September 2022; Published: October 1, 2022. Citation: Shami, Mohammed Adel M et al. Evaluation of physical performance and quality of life among patients with previous kidney transplantation: A Cross-sectional study.
World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(10): 6-13. DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525174

Abstract


Background: While patients with kidney conditions have been reported to predominantly have concerns about their quality of life, most of the studies comparing the different kidney replacement therapy alternatives have been focused on patients and graft survival while patient reported QoL outcomes are either underreported or completely ignored in patients with kidney transplantation. It is important to have a full understanding of the post-transplantation QoL and physical performance changes over time. Therefore, the aims of this study are to assess the physical performance of patients after kidney transplantation as well as their perceived quality of life.

Methodology: This is a cross sectional study that was conducted among patients with CKD who underwent kidney transplantation in the last 10 years in Jeddah region, Saudi Arabia using a self-reported questionnaire which was distributed online among the patients. The questionnaire included the instrument of the World Health Organization, World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref), composed of 26 questions. Of these, two questions assess the overall perception of QOL and general health, and the others are divided into four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment.


Results: In this study, we were able to collect data from 67 patients who reported undergoing kidney transplantation during the last ten years. Among the patients, 56.7 % of them were males while 37.3 % of the patients were older than 50 years old and 7.5 % were younger than 30 years old. According to WHOQOL-BREF used in this study, we found that the mean score of the overall QoL was 13.15 and physical health domain was 13.09 (out of 20). Moreover, the higher the educational level of the patients, the better the quality of life they reported, significantly (P=0.004), and the same considering monthly income where those with higher monthly income reported better scores (P=0.001). Living with family also has a significant positive impact on the scores of QoL with mean score of 13.9 compared with 12.3 in those living alone (P=0.001).

Conclusion: This study showed that patients who underwent kidney transplantation showed good QoL and physical health when compared to the literature review of patients on hemodialysis. Higher educational level, living with family, having higher income and no need for hemodialysis after the surgery were associated significantly with better QoL.

Key words: physical performance, QOL, kidney transplantation







 


 
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