Sexual and relationship functioning before and after renal transplantation: a descriptive study with patients and partners.

Matthias Claudius RaggiStephanie Barbara SiebertHelmut FriessElisabeth Schremmer-DanningerStefan ThorbanAndreas Dinkel

Published in: Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology (2012)

Partners of patients who had received a kidney transplant seem to be affected by negative changes in the patients' sexual functioning. Nonetheless, many couples maintain high relationship and life satisfaction.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
mental health
patient reported outcomes
human immunodeficiency virus