ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL) AND PROBLEM FACED BY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENT ATTENDING IN SELECTED NEPHROLOGY OPD, WEST BENGAL

Abstract

Renal transplantation is generally believed to provide a considerable improvement in health related quality of life when compared with dialysis. As the number of kidney transplant patient increases, quality of life (QOL) after transplantation is an important area of concern for the health care professionals. Adescriptive survey was undertaken with the objectives to assess the HRQOLof 60 patients underwent kidney transplantation, to identify their health related problems and to nd out association between HRQOL and selected socio demographic variables among patient underwent kidney transplantation. The study setting was Nephrology OPD of IPGME&R, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata. The revised Wilson and Cleary model of HRQOL was adopted for this study. Avalid and reliable structured tool KDQOL-SF and semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from respondents who were selected through non-probability purposive sampling. The domain of role limitation and vitality were at signicantly lower level. Majority of respondents (68.33%) showed moderate QOL after transplantation. There were signicant association between gender, education, period of transplantation, monthly family income and level of QOL(p<0.05). The study result has several implications in nursing practice, education, administration and research. So the recommendations were made for further research. The study concluded that most of the respondent’s HRQOL scores showed clinically signicant improvement after transplantation