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Title: | Psychosocial risk factors for impaired health‑related quality of life in living kidney donors: results from the ELIPSY prospective study |
Author: | Menjívar, Ana Torres, Xavier Manyalich, Martí Fehrman Ekholm, Ingela Papachristou, Christina de Sousa Amorim, Erika Paredes, D. (David) Hiesse, Christian Yucetin, Levent Oppenheimer Salinas, Federico Kondi, Entela Peri, Josep Maria Kvarnström, Niclas Ballesté, Chloë Dias, Leonidio Frade, Inês C Lopes, Alice Diekmann, Fritz Revuelta, Ignacio |
Keywords: | Donants d'òrgans Factors de risc en les malalties Organ donors Risk factors in diseases |
Issue Date: | 7-Dec-2020 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Living kidney donors' follow-up is usually focused on the assessment of the surgical and medical outcomes. Whilst the psychosocial follow-up is advocated in literature. It is still not entirely clear which exact psychosocial factors are related to a poor psychosocial outcome of donors. The aim of our study is to prospectively assess the donors' psychosocial risks factors to impaired health-related quality of life at 1-year post-donation and link their psychosocial profile before donation with their respective outcomes. The influence of the recipient's medical outcomes on their donor's psychosocial outcome was also examined. Sixty donors completed a battery of standardized psychometric instruments (quality of life, mental health, coping strategies, personality, socio-economic status), and ad hoc items regarding the donation process (e.g., motivations for donation, decision-making, risk assessment, and donor-recipient relationship). Donors' 1-year psychosocial follow-up was favorable and comparable with the general population. So far, cluster-analysis identified a subgroup of donors (28%) with a post-donation reduction of their health-related quality of life. This subgroup expressed comparatively to the rest, the need for more pre-donation information regarding surgery risks, and elevated fear of losing the recipient and commitment to stop their suffering. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78032-8 |
It is part of: | Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, num. 1, p. 21343 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/176971 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78032-8 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Cirurgia i Especialitats Medicoquirúrgiques) Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) |
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