[Influence of physical rehabilitation on quality of life after renal transplantation].

BACKGROUND

Aim of this study was to evaluate the role of physical rehabilitation to improve the quality of life (QOL) of people after kidney transplantation.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Analyzes the results of treatment of 57 recipients (mean age 35 +/- 9.65 years) donor kidney at different times of the postoperative period. Depending on the physical rehabilitation program allocated 3 groups of patients: group II--physical rehabilitation was carried out only in the first week after surgery to prevent early postoperative complications, in group I--during the year; in group III combined 30 relatively healthy people do not need an organ transplant and with a mean age 33.7 +/- 8.7 years, leading a normal life, not engaged in regular recreational physical culture. Quality of life was assessed using a questionnaire SF36 at 1, 3, 6 and a 12 months after surgery.

RESULTS

One year after surgery in both groups compared with preoperative indicators marked improvement according to all scales of the questionnaire. However, in group I indicators of quality of life were higher than in group II from 11.4 to 19.7%, and even some items questionnaire SF-36 is higher than in group III which is associated with the physical rehabilitation.

CONCLUSION

It has been shown that exercises is an important component of treatment and rehabilitation after kidney transplantation and help improve both the psychological and the physical component of quality of life.