Introduction: Kidney transplanted patients require long term treatment with immunosuppressive drugs due to rejection reaction. The side effects of these drugs often cause the body to change and with it the patients self confidence also declines causing poor results in treatment. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explain the overburdeness of kidney transplanted patients with side effects from immunosuppressive drugs in Slovenia.Methods:Some data was used from a quantitatively intersecting research study about the quality of life of kidney transplanted patients in Slovenia which was performed in 2016. 632 filled out a translated questionnaire, from there 12 side effects from immunosuppressive drugs were chosen and used in the later part of the research. The data was processed with the SPSS program version 20 and was presented in written, numerical form. It was also presented in a percentage form with average grades and standard declines. Results: The participants were adults. 56, 8 % were men. 88, 6 of them were over 40 years old (an average of 55 years). 75, 6 % were married. 79, 1 % had a secondary education or less, 75, 3 % were unemployed ot retired with less than 1300 euros of monthly income. A quarter of them had concomitant diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular disease). An average of 18, 4% had an experience with a rejection reaction. The average living time with an transplanted kidney was 8, 9 years (with 3 months being the smallest and 40, 5 years being the longest). 97,6 % were taking a combination of 2 or 3 types of immunosuppressive medicine (of the 6 most commonly used). Most of the participants (total of 83,1 %) had trouble performing physical tasks and joint pain (60, 3%). A little over half of them had uncertainty about the lasting of the transplanted kidney, some of them were nervous and had trouble sleeping. The highest problem was physical disability (1,5), joint pain (1,1) and uncertainty about the lasting of the transplanted kidney (1).Discussion and conclusion: Results have shown that patients with transplanted kidneys in Slovenia had 12 side effects. Most of them enabled physical abillities, although the average rate of these was low.This study will show a different point of view and change understanding about these experiences regarding side effects from medical staff point of view.
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