Comparison of depression between kidney transplant recipients from live donors with cadavers in hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Abstract Background & aim: Kidney transplant surgery may impact various aspects of the life and results in individual and psychological problems. Receiving a kidney from a cadaver donor is associated with beliefs related to death of donor and with recipient’s survival. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of depression in patients receiving kidney from living donors with cadaveric donor kidney transplant ,patients that were referred to nephrology clinics in hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2010. Materials & methods: A descriptive – comparative design was used. The sample of the study consisted of 60 patients receiving kidney from living donors and 60 cadaveric kidney transplantation attended to nephrology clinics in hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected by a demographic questionnaire and Beck depression Inventory. The reliability of this test was evaluated with test-retest and Pearson correlation test was 0. 95. Data were analyzed with SPSS software (version 13). Finding: Depression scores in living kidney transplantation group were 11. 6±5. 7 , and in the cadaveric group was 16. 4±9. 4. Independent t-test showed a significant difference between two groups scores of depression (P . [January 24, 2010] Pascazio L et al, (2010) Anxiety, depression and emotional profile in renal transplant recipients and healthy subjects: A comparative study. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(9) 3586-3590 Pawar A et al «Cognitive and emotional effects of renal transplantation»,1 January 2006, [on line] . [3 Apr 2010]. Perez S-G et al (2008) Influence of the psychological state of relatives on the quality of life ofpatients at 1 year after transplantation. Transplantation Proceeding. 40(9)3109-11. Rezaei R et al (2009)[ Comparison of body image in hemodialysis patients with kidney transplant patients]. payesh Quarterly . 8(3) 279-287. (Persian). Sayin A et al (2007) Quality of life in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplantation patients. Transplantation Proceeding. 39(10) 3047-3053. Shah VS, et at (2006) Qualify of life and psychosocial factors in renal transplant Recipients. Transplantation Proceedings. 38(5) 1283-1285. Sugawara H et al (2008) Paradoxical depression in renal transplant recipient. Transplantation Proceeding. 40(10) 3448-3450. Szeifert L et al(2010) Symptoms of depression in kidney transplantations: A cross-sectional study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD). 55(1)132-140. Toimamueang U et al (2003) Stress and coping strategies among renal transplant candidates in a stress and coping strategies among renal transplant candidates in a Thai medical center. Transplant Proceedings. 35(1) 292-3. Virzi A, et al (2007) Depression and quality of life in living related renal transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 39(6) 1791-1793. Weng LC, et al (2006) Effects of self-efficacy, self-care behaviors on depressive symptom of Taiwanese kidney transplant recipients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(13) 1786-1794.