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. 2022 Apr 22;37(2):e370202.
doi: 10.1590/acb370202. eCollection 2022.

Evaluation of psychological symptoms in patients before and after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: a single-center cross-sectional study

Thais Malta Romano  1 , Marcelo Moura Linhares  2 , Karin Romano Posegger  1 , Érika Bevillaqua Rangel  3 , Adriano Miziara Gonzalez  2 , Alcides Augusto Salzedas-Netto  2 , Samantha Mucci  4 , Hélio Tedesco Silva-Junior  5 , Gaspar de Jesus Lopes Filho  2 , José Osmar Medina-Pestana  6
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Evaluation of psychological symptoms in patients before and after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: a single-center cross-sectional study

Thais Malta Romano et al. Acta Cir Bras. .

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Abstract

Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) brings several benefits for insulin-dependent type-1 diabetic patients associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, data on psychological outcomes for the waiting list and the transplanted patients are still lacking.

Methods: Using the psychological Beck inventories of anxiety (BAI) and depression (BDI), 39 patients on the waiting list were compared to 88 post-transplanted patients who had undergone SPKT.

Results: Significant differences were found regarding depression (p = 0.003) but not anxiety (p = 0.161), being the pretransplant patients more vulnerable to psychological disorders. Remarkable differences were observed relative to the feeling of punishment (p < 0.001) and suicidal thoughts (p = 0.008) between the groups. It was observed that patients who waited a longer period for the transplant showed more post-transplant anxiety symptoms due to the long treatment burden (p = 0.002).

Conclusions: These results demonstrated the positive impact of SPKT on psychological aspects related to depression when comparing the groups. The high number of stressors in the pretransplant stage impacts more severely the psychosocial condition of the patient.

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Conflict of interest: Nothing to declare.

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