Investigation of features of patients in renal transplantation waiting list: who wants much more of what for renal transplantation?

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

Satisfaction of patients staying in day surgery clinic from nursing services

To examine day surgery patients' satisfaction levels with nursing services using Scale of Patient Perception of Hospital Experience with Nursing [PPHEN]. The study design was descriptive. Data were collected by the researcher in the Day Surgery clinic of a university hospital in Turkey. Participants with literacy were 18 years old and older. The sample included 148 patients agreeing to participate in the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire including socio-demographic questions for patients and PPHEN Scale, Turkish Version adapted to Turkish by Coban. The data were assessed through descriptive statistics, t-test, Man-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis variance analysis. When PPHEN point averages according to age were compared, the point average for the age group of 66 years and above was 72.78 [SD=8.28], for the age group of 19 to 40, 68.26 [SD=11.6]; and the difference between these points was found statistically significant [P=0.041]. For PPHEN point averages according to patients' educational backgrounds, it was 70.50 [SD=10.19] for primary school graduates, 64.57 [SD=15.97] for university graduates; and the difference was found statistically significant [P=0.000]. In this study, it was, in general, found out that the patients were satisfied with the nursing services