Quality of life and psychopathology of patients awaiting kidney/pancreas transplants
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Objective Patients awaiting kidney/pancreas transplants are suffering from ESRD or severe IDDM, which may contribute to renal insufficiency with or without other medical complications such as diabetic neuropathy. Such patients may experience psychopathological distress that can impair their daily lives. The aim of this study was to assess the QOL, lifetime and current DSM-IV Axis-I and II disorders, sub-threshold mood and panicagoraphobic phenomenology in a large sample of ESRD and IDDM patients waiting kidney-pancreas transplants.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016