Menjívar, AnaTorres, XavierManyalich, MartíFehrman Ekholm, IngelaPapachristou, Christinade Sousa Amorim, ErikaParedes, D. (David)Hiesse, ChristianYucetin, LeventOppenheimer Salinas, FedericoKondi, EntelaPeri, Josep MariaKvarnström, NiclasBallesté, ChloëDias, LeonidioFrade, Inês CLopes, AliceDiekmann, FritzRevuelta, Ignacio2021-05-042021-05-042020-12-072045-2322https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176971Living 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.13 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Menjívar, Ana et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esDonants d'òrgansFactors de risc en les malaltiesOrgan donorsRisk factors in diseasesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7103572021-05-04info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess33288792