Fatigue in living kidney donors compared to a German general population sample: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical studies have not conclusively clarified whether fatigue scores in living kidney donors after donation are fundamentally different from general population samples. Moreover, the association between sociodemographic and donor specific factors and fatigue in donors is not well understood.

Patients and methods

Fatigue scores of 358 living kidney donors on average 7.67 years post-donation were compared with 1896 subjects from the German general population in five strata of age and sex. Fatigue was measured with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20). Relationships between the five MFI-20 subscales and the sociodemographic variables sex, age, education, and in the donor sample also years since donation were calculated. Additionally, the association bet

SUBMITTER: Akkus D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821954 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature