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Factors associated with health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients in Korea

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  • Younghui Hwang
  • Misook Kim
  • Kyoungok Min

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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of kidney transplant recipients is an outcome evaluation after kidney transplants. Therefore, we investigated the associations among perceived health status, social support, self-determination, post-traumatic growth, and kidney transplant recipients’ HRQOL. This study involved a descriptive, self-report survey of 163 kidney transplant recipients visiting an outpatient solid organ transplant center in South Korea. Participants’ general and transplant characteristics, perceived health status, post-traumatic growth, social support, self-determination, and HRQOL were collected. Data were statistically analyzed using the software SPSS version 25.0. HRQOL showed statistically significant positive correlation with perceived health status (r = .56, p

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  • Younghui Hwang & Misook Kim & Kyoungok Min, 2021. "Factors associated with health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients in Korea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-13, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0247934
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247934
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