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Renal transplantation is increasingly used to deal with end-stage renal failure. There should be adequate nursing interventions to take care of renal transplantation recipients. The ultimate goal of nursing care for renal transplantation would be to raise quality of life of its recipients. In addressing this issue, this study examined the level of quality of life, and sociodemographic and health factors influencing quality of life among 100 renal transplantation recipients. These recipients were aged between 30 and 59 years, who were chosen by a convenience sampling technique from the renal transplantation recipients at two university hospital in Seoul. Data were obtained through personal interviews, self-report questionnaires, and medical records during the period of August to November of 1993. Quality of life(QL) was measured by using the Quality of Life scale developed by Ro(1988). As to statistical tests, ANOVA, t-test, Scheffe test, Pearson Correlation Coefficients, and Stepwise multiple regression were used through the software package SAS.Renal transplantation is increasingly used to deal with end-stage renal failure. There should be adequate nursing interventions to take care of renal transplantation recipients. The ultimate goal of nursing care for renal transplantation would be to raise quality of life of its recipients. In addressing this issue, this study examined the level of quality of life, and sociodemographic and health factors influencing quality of life among 100 renal transplantation recipients. These recipients were aged between 30 and 59 years, who were chosen by a convenience sampling technique from the renal transplantation recipients at two university hospitals in Seoul. Data were obtained through personal interviews, self-report questionnaires, and medical records during the period of August to November of 1993. Quality of life(QL) was measured by using the Quality of Life scale developed by Ro(1988). As to statistical tests, ANOVA, t-test, Scheffe test, Pearson Correlation Coefficients, and Stepwise multiple regression were used through the software package SAS. The results are summarized as follows : 1. The mean of the QL was 155.95 with arrange between 94 to 207 on the scale ranged from 47 to 235. Of the 6 dimensions of the QL, the score for family relationship was highest(3.52), which is followed by self-esteem(3.41), relationship with neighbors(3.37), emotional state(3.34), physical state and function(3.26), and economic life(3.18). 2. The QL score was positively associated with higher educational level (F=5.50, P=.00) and with having no complication(F=5.35, P=.00). The association between the dimension of the QL and sociodemographic factors are following. 1) Higher score for emotional state was found among the married(t=2.16, P=.04), college graduated(F=3.81, P=.03), and those experiencing no complication(F=5.51, P=.01). 2) Those having religion(t=2.18, P=.03), college graduates(F=4.81, P=.01), and those earning a higher income(F=3.14, P=.05) tended to have better economic life. 3) College graduates revealed higher self-esteem than high school graduates(F=6.06, P=.00). 4) Those experiencing no complications showed better physical state and function(F=15.77, P=.00). 5) Better relationship with neighbors was correlated with being a woman(t=2.10, P=.03), having a religion(t=2.83, P=.01), and earning a higher income(F=3.41, P=.04). 6) Those earning a higher income showed better family relationship than their counterparts(F=3.31, P=.04). 3. With regard to overall QL score, those with grater score tended to perceive their health better than those with lower score(r=.5123, P=.0001). 4. As to hematologic laboratory findings, the mean score of Hb was 12,86g/dl, of Hct 37.82%, of BUN 27.59mg/dl, of Creatinine 1.06mg/dl, and of Cyclosporine 226.36ng/ml. 5. Of the sociodemographic and health factor studied here, perceived health state explained the largest amount of the variance of the QL(26.31%). Educational level accounted for 12.65% of the remaining variance of the QL to be explained. 6. When compared to those healthy adult examined by Ro(1988), each dimensional score of the QL was similar between the two groups. By contrast, the subjects of the present study perceived their health state as poorer than those health adults did.
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