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Abstract
After kidney transplantation, people experience various changes in their lives, this affect the quality and characteristics of sleep, primordial aspect for life and human well-being, which has not been widely discussed in the scientific literature.
Objective: To understand in people receiving a kidney transplant the characteristics, factors, sleep disturbance and possible interventions to the health team considering sleep as a key variable in care.
Methodology: Literature review of 33 primary articles of the last 6 years, Spanish English and Portuguese, on the bases of PUBMED, LILACS, CINAHL, Multibúsqueda of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and classical literature review of the topic.
The information is organized according to the characteristics, alterations, factors of risk in sleep quality and strategies to improve their quality.
Conclusions: sleep disturbances can reach up to 62% in the population that has been received kidney transplant, associated with other factors, such as decreased adherence to immunosuppressive therapy, increased morbidity and mortality, and thus its impact on quality of life related to health.
Objective: To understand in people receiving a kidney transplant the characteristics, factors, sleep disturbance and possible interventions to the health team considering sleep as a key variable in care.
Methodology: Literature review of 33 primary articles of the last 6 years, Spanish English and Portuguese, on the bases of PUBMED, LILACS, CINAHL, Multibúsqueda of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and classical literature review of the topic.
The information is organized according to the characteristics, alterations, factors of risk in sleep quality and strategies to improve their quality.
Conclusions: sleep disturbances can reach up to 62% in the population that has been received kidney transplant, associated with other factors, such as decreased adherence to immunosuppressive therapy, increased morbidity and mortality, and thus its impact on quality of life related to health.
Keywords
TRANSPLANTATION
KIDNEY
SLEEP
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Masalan Apip MP, Barrios Araya S, de la Fuente Flores L. Sleep and its characteristics in people with kidney transplantation. Enferm Nefrol [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2025 Apr 30];19(3):[about 10 p.]. Available from: https://www.enfermerianefrologica.com/revista/article/view/3478
