Psychosocial risk factors for impaired health-related quality of life in living kidney donors: results from the ELIPSY prospective study.

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 a

SUBMITTER: Menjivar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721886 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature