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.
| | PCS | MCS | PF | RPh | Rem | SF | MH | VT | BP | GH | | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) | ( value) |
| Age | −.312 (.007) | ns | −.468 (.000) | −.294 (.005) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Education (years) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Corrected GFR | ns | .434 (.038) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Ns | Number of Comorbidities | −.408 (.000) | ns | −.424 (.000) | ns | ns | ns | ns | −.301 (.003) | −.220 (.031) | −.291 (.004) | Number of long-standing illness | −.422 (.000) | ns | −.439 (.000) | ns | ns | ns | ns | −.315 (.002) | ns | −.279 (.006) | Transplant vintage (years) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| TXEQ subscales | | | | | | | | | | | Worry | ns | −.288 (.014) | ns | ns | ns | −.270 (.009) | −.299 (.003) | −.266 (.011) | ns | −.275 (.008) | Guilt | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Disclosure | ns | ns | ns | ns | .243 (.024) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Adherence | ns | .254 (.029) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | Responsibility | −.312 (.007) | ns | −.376 (.000) | ns | ns | −.217 (.036) | ns | ns | ns | Ns |
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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.
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