Twenty Years of Unspecified Kidney Donation: Unspecified Donors Looking Back on Their Donation Experiences.

ABSTRACT: The Netherlands was the first European country to implement unspecified kidney donation in 2000. This qualitative study aimed to evaluate the experiences of unspecified kidney donors (UKDs) in our transplant institute to improve the care for this valuable group of donors. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 106 UKDs who donated between 2000-2016 (response rate 84%). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and independently coded by 2 researchers in NVivo using thematic analysis. The following 14 themes reflecting donor experiences were found: Satisfaction with donation; Support from social network; Interpersonal stress; Complaints about hospital care; Uncertainty about donor approval; Life on hold between approval and actual donation; Donation requires perseverance an

SUBMITTER: Pronk MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011065 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature