"Lived Experience, Representations and Psychic Processes in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplantation"

University Hospital, Angers33 enrolled

Overview

The kidney transplant remains the privileged treatment of the terminal renal insufficiency. This care is complex for the patient both on a medical surgical plan and by the psychic reorganizations. Among the temporary contraindications of transplantation, us retrouvonsdes psychological reasons. The research work consists in highlighting the psychic mechanisms of the subjects awaiting kidney transplant.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Kidney Tranplant

Interventions

Psychic processesBEHAVIORAL

Quantitative and qualitative aprroche of the psychic process

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old * stade 4 or 5 renal insufficiency * Registered on waiting list for a first kidney transplant Exclusion Criteria: * in ward * Unsigned consent * Already transplanted

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measure of anxiety

STAI-Y questionnaire with 20 items used to measure anxiety degree

Time frame: 6 months

Measure of psychic representations around transplant

ETA test: this test consists of an interview then the psychic projection through the drawing of 3 trees imagined by the patient and talking about him.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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