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Table 2 Medical Data

From: Development and validation of a French patient-based health-related quality of life instrument in kidney transplant: the ReTransQoL

 

Item reduction

Validation phase

Period of transplantation, years

6.8 ± 3.7

5.4 ± 3.14

Previous unsuccessful kidney transplants, %

-

9.6

Patient with rejection

23.2

21.4 %

Cause of ESRD

  

   Chronic glomerular nephritis, %

42

40.4

   Diabetic nephropathy, %

3

2.9

   Vascular nephropathy, %

4.5

3.8

   Interstitial nephropathy, %

13.5

10.6

   Hereditary nephropathy,%

17

23.1

   Unclassified nephropathy,%

20

19.2

Different modalities of dialysis

  

   Hemodialysis

97.3

96.2

   Peritoneal dialysis

2.7

3.8

   Duration of dialysis, years, mean ± SD

2.5 ± 2

3.8 ± 4.2

Comorbidities

  

   Hypertension

78.8

88.5

   Diabetes

13

13.5

   Hepatitis

0.6

6.7

   Peripheral vascular disease

0.6

5.8

   Depression

-

3.8

   Smoking status

36.5

31.1

   BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

25.5 ± 4.7

24.5 ± 4.0

   Comorbidity index, mean ± SD

1.6 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.8

Treatments

  

   Calcineurin inhibitors

94.6

96.2

   Corticosteroids

89.3

97.1

   Antimetabolites

75.3

77.9

   Antihypertensive drugs

87.1

90.4

   Antilipemic agents

53.2

45.2

   Antidiabetic agents

9.7

15.4

   Antithrombotics

28.5

29.8

   Protease Inhibitors

19.9

26.0

   Erythropoietin therapy

12.2

10.6

Hospital admissions

  

   During the last 12 months

-

45.2

   Related to Kidney Transplantation

-

66.0