EVALUATION OF PATIENT’S LIFE QUALITY AFTER SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

• Published in: Transplantologii͡a Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 236 - 241
• Main Authors: Zagorodnikova, N. V., Storozhev, R. V., Anisimov, Yu. A., Lazareva, K. E., Dmitriev, I. V., Mikita, O. Yu, Pinchuk, А. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow Healthcare Department 01.09.2017
• Subjects: kidney transplantation; quality of life; simultaneous pancreas & kidney transplantation; type i diabetes mellitus
• ISSN: 2074-0506; 2542-0909
• DOI: 10.23873/2074-0506-2017-9-3-236-241

Introduction: the use of standardized questionnaires for  assessment of patients’ life  quality after organ transplantation has not been widely used in our country.Purpose: The assessment of patients’ quality of life after the simultaneous pancreas & kidney transplantation using the SF-36 questionnaire.Material and methods: 35 patients with type I diabetes mellitus (DM1) complicated by end-stage chronic renal failure were investigated. There were 16 women (45.7%) and 19 men  (54.3%). The median age was 36 [33; 45] years. The patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the transplantation type:  group I included the patients who underwent isolated kidney transplantation, group  II  included those  after combined kidney and  pancreas transplantation. Patients’ life quality was estimated using the SF-36 questionnaire.Results: Patients in group II had significantly better physical functions, general health  status, and vital activity.Conclusion: Simultaneous pancreas & kidney transplantation considerably improves the life quality of patients with DM1.