مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري -

چكيده لاتين :

everal studies have assessed marital relationship in patients with different chronic diseases. However, literature lacks data regarding this issue in diabetic patients receiving renal replacement therapy. Here, we report our preliminary findings regarding the differences of marital relationship between diabetics being treated for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and diabetics with normal kidney function. Mateirlas and Methods: In a case-eontrol study, 94 diabetic patients were divided into three groups according to renal replacement therapy: group I, renal transplanted subjects (n=38); group II, hemodialysis patients (n=20); group III, diabetics without ESRD (n=36). The groups were matched for gender, age and educational levels. Group I and II were also matched with regard to the duration of ESRD. Information on parameters, clinical data, and marital relationship measures was gathered. Marital relationship was evaluated with the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale, which includes four domains of Dyadic Consensus, Affection Expression, Dyadic Satisfaction and Dyadic Cohesion, with lower scores indicating greater impairment in marital relationship. Scores of different subscales were compared between the groups. Results: No significant difference was found between the groups with respect to any of the study subscales. In group I, marital relationship and scores of the four marital quality measures were better in patients without any history of renal graft rejection than subjects with such a history. Conclusion: We did not find any difference regarding marital relationship between diabetic patients with and without ESRD. It also seems that the quality of marital relationship is independent of the type of renal replacement therapy.