Frailty status improvement after kidney transplantation.
Ir J Med Sci
; 192(5): 2501-2505, 2023 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-36609824
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Frailty is a clinical syndrome characterized by a decrease in strength, resistance and body physiological condition, making the individual more vulnerable, and increasing his/her risk of dependence and death. Kidney transplant (KT) is currently the best end-stage renal disease therapeutic alternative for certain individuals. Frailty status occurs in approximately 20% of KT patients. Thus, it was evaluated if there would be any change in frailty status level in a population of adult patients on chronic HD after receiving KT. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
A cross-sectional study was conducted on a population of adult hemodialysis patients (n 57), with the objective of evaluating if there was a significant change in their clinical frailty score (CFS) after 6 months of KT. For the statistical analysis, the Student's t-test, and the test of statistical significance between two proportions were applied.RESULTS:
Mean CFS before KT was 4 (vulnerable), and after KT was 3 (robust). CFS value was significantly lower after KT (p value < 0.01).CONCLUSION:
A significant improvement was found between pre- and post-transplant clinical frailty scores in hemodialysis adult patients.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Rim
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Fragilidade
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Falência Renal Crônica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article