Long-Term Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation

Long-term health-related quality of life of living kidney donors: a single-center experience

“…They found significantly higher scores for GH, VIT, and MH compared to the reference population [32]. Glotzer et al [22] and Giessing et al [23] found-similar to the results of the present study-a higher overall HRQoL among LKD compared to the reference population. The physical and mental summation score values of the present study's population were 52.8 (SD = 7.5) and 52.2 (SD = 9.3), respectively, comparable to the findings in the literature [25,26,28,32].…”

“…It is considered a procedure with low morbidity and mortality rates [20,21]. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of LKD is an important topic which has been investigated in several studies [22][23][24][25][26].…”

Living kidney donation

“…Although the risks of gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia seem to be higher in pregnancies among donors than among healthy Work exploring the mental health of living kidney donors is limited, but a recent case-control study from the Netherlands suggested that donation is not associated with short term changes in mental health. 64 Multiple studies suggest that the quality of life of most living kidney donors seems to be at least equal to that of the general population [65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] and usually returns to pre-donation levels after donation. A thematic synthesis of qualitative work from Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, however, identified some negative donation-specific experiences among the overall positive experiences, including a sense of loss, fear, vulnerability, and neglect.…”

Attendance and Institutional Facilities of Long-Term Kidney Donors Follow-Up

“…Previous studies showed that living kidney donors do not suffer from any reduction in their QoL (18,19), or an increase in mortality rate (20)(21)(22), compared to non-donors who are in the control group. However, the literature shows that a small proportion of living donors in the United States and adhere to their long-term follow-up (19,23).…”

“…However, the literature shows that a small proportion of living donors in the United States and adhere to their long-term follow-up (19,23). In the case of Malaysia, an earlier study of 80 living kidney donors revealed that they have better QoL compared to 80 healthy individuals (24).…”