Quality of Life among Renal Transplant Patients.

Background: Renal transplantation significantly improves survival and physiological functioning in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease, yet it introduces new challenges that can impact patients’ daily lives. Beyond medical outcomes such as graft survival and biochemical parameters. patients’ Quality of Life has emerged as a crucial measure of post-transplant success. Aim: This study was conducted to assess quality of life for renal transplant patients Research design: Descriptive research design was utilized Setting: The study was conducted at Outpatients Clinic for follow-up kidney transplantation affiliated to Nasser Institute Hospital for Treatment and Research Sample Type: A Purposive sample of 100 transplanted patients of both sexes. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection tool I: A structured Interviewing questionnaire included Part I: sociodemographic characteristics about renal transplanted patients, Part II: Patients` medical history (past & present) history, Part III: knowledge about renal transplantation. Tool II: To assess the quality of life among renal transplant patients. Results:69.0% of renal transplanted patients were aged between 21 and