Assessment of perioperative psychological distress in patients undergoing renal transplantation / 重庆医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assessment of preoperative psychological distress in patients undergoing renal transplantation.Methods: A total of 73 renal transplantation patients were prospectively surveyed preoperatively using the 18-item Brief Symptom Inventory,a validated instrument that measures the psychological domains of general distress,anxiety and depression.Preoperative and 1 week postoperative distress scores were evaluated with respect to age,sex,marital status,economic status,serums creatinine.Results: The preoperative prevalence of psychological distress in patients of renal transplantation was 56.1%(41/73) and it remained somewhat increased at 35.6%(26/73) approximately 1 weeks after operation.In the entire group there was a statistically significant decrease in anxiety(3.5?3.1 vs 5.7?4.6,P400 umol/L.There was a statistically significant increase in anxiety from receiving one's own health services to public health services(4.4?4.1 vs 3.8?3.7,P