Research Article

Prospective Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life and Emotional Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation over 6 Years

Table 3

Correlations between HQOL at followup (absolute scores) and sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological variables.

PCSMCSPFRPhRemSFMHVTBPGH
( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value) ( value)

Age−.312 (.007)ns−.468 (.000)−.294 (.005)nsnsnsnsnsns
Education (years)nsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsns
Corrected GFRns.434 (.038)nsnsnsnsnsnsnsNs
Number of Comorbidities−.408 (.000)ns−.424 (.000)nsnsnsns−.301 (.003)−.220 (.031)−.291 (.004)
Number of long-standing illness−.422 (.000)ns−.439 (.000)nsnsnsns−.315 (.002)ns−.279 (.006)
Transplant vintage (years)nsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsns

TXEQ subscales
 Worryns−.288 (.014)nsnsns−.270 (.009)−.299 (.003)−.266 (.011)ns−.275 (.008)
 Guiltnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsns
 Disclosurensnsnsns.243 (.024)nsnsnsnsns
 Adherencens.254 (.029)nsnsnsnsnsnsnsns
 Responsibility−.312 (.007)ns−.376 (.000)nsns−.217 (.036)nsnsnsNs

TX: Transplant; GH: general health; PF: physical functioning; BP: bodily pain; VT: vitality; RPh: role limitations due to physical problems; REm: role limitations due to emotional problems; SF: social functioning; MH: mental health; MCS: mental component score; PCS: physical component scores; TXEQ: transplant effects questionnaire; Ns: nonsignificant correlations.