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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2013; 29 (4): 962-965
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-130356

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Renal transplant is the best form of treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease [ESRD], because that therapy improves quality of life, prolongs survival, and is cost-effective. The objective of the study being reported was to compare the sociodemographic characteristics and registration status for renal transplantation of ESRD patients in Turkey who were registered for transplant or not. The study was conducted between June and September 2012 on patients of several Dialysis Centers. They all were informed in a one on one interview about the risks and benefits of renal transplants; they were also asked to fill out the questionnaires given to them. The study questionnaire was designed with the help of already published reports to include among others the patient's age, sex, waiting time and educational status. Patients who had been registered in the cadaver kidney waiting list were aged 43.85 +/- 13.48 in the average, with a balanced sex ratio, average dialysis duration 57.30 +/- 51.46 months. Of these patients 45 had finished high school, 87 lived in rural areas and 67 had an income equivalent to expenses. There was a significant difference among the groups depending on the patients' residence in an urban or rural environment. Such a difference might be following the greater ease of obtaining relevant information in the urban areas


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Humans , Female , Male , Kidney Failure, Chronic/surgery , Social Class , Cadaver , Demography
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