Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: To date, psychological research on pancreatic transplantation has focused mainly on illness and quality of life. Research has been predominantly quantitative rendering it impossible to identify specific psychological issues faced by patients. Uniquely, this work considered post-transplant issues in the context of the pre-transplant psychological burden of patients with T1DM.Methods: 21 individuals with T1DM were interviewed (11 males; five ...