Health‐Related Quality of Life in Kidney Donors From the Last Five Decades: Results From the RELIVE Study

Live donation benefits recipients, but the long‐term consequences for donors remain uncertain. Renal and Lung Living Donors Evaluation Study surveyed kidney donors (N = 2455; 61% women; mean age 58, aged 24–94; mean time from donation 17 years, range 5–48 years) using the Short Form‐36 Health Survey...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2013-11, Vol.13 (11), p.2924-2934
Hauptverfasser:	Gross, C. R., Messersmith, E. E., Hong, B. A., Jowsey, S. G., Jacobs, C., Gillespie, B. W., Taler, S. J., Matas, A. J., Leichtman, A., Merion, R. M., Ibrahim, H. N.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation Confidence intervals Cross-Sectional Studies Ethics Female Humans Kidney kidney donor Kidney Transplantation living donor Living Donors - psychology Male Medical Records Medical sciences Middle Aged Nephrectomy Obesity organ donation Postoperative Complications Quality of Life Racial Groups Risk Factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Time Factors Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Live donation benefits recipients, but the long‐term consequences for donors remain uncertain. Renal and Lung Living Donors Evaluation Study surveyed kidney donors (N = 2455; 61% women; mean age 58, aged 24–94; mean time from donation 17 years, range 5–48 years) using the Short Form‐36 Health Survey (SF‐36). The 95% confidence intervals for White and African‐American donors included or exceeded SF‐36 norms. Over 80% of donors reported average or above average health for their age and sex (p
ISSN:	1600-6135 1600-6143
DOI:	10.1111/ajt.12434