Relationship between quality of life, self-esteem and depression in people after kidney transplantation

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life with depression and self-esteem of people after kidney transplantation. Method: a cross-sectional study of 47 outpatients from October 2016 to February 2017. The following tools were applied: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Beck Depression Inventory and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation were used. Results: women had lower scores for health-related quality of life. Young adults, people with up to one and a half years of transplantation and those who had dialysis for more than one year had higher scores. Conclusion: the health-related quality of life of people with chronic kidney disease after transplantation ranged from good to excellent. The presence of depression was not identified. The relationship of data indicates that the higher the quality of life, the better the self-esteem assessment.

摘要
研究目的：评估肾移植术后人群的健康相关生活质量（health-related quality of life）与抑郁、自尊的相关性。
研究方法：本研究为横断面研究，纳入2016年10月至2017年2月期间的47名门诊患者。采用的评估工具包括医学结果研究36条目简明健康量表（Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey）、贝克抑郁量表（Beck Depression Inventory）以及罗森伯格自尊量表（Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale），数据分析采用描述性统计与斯皮尔曼相关性分析。
研究结果：女性的健康相关生活质量评分更低；年轻人群、肾移植术后时长不超过1.5年者以及透析时长超过1年者的评分更高。
研究结论：慢性肾病患者肾移植术后的健康相关生活质量处于良好至优秀水平；未检出抑郁症状；相关性分析结果显示，生活质量越高，自尊评估结果越佳。