Anxiety and depression among living kidney donors in tertiary care hospital of low resource country setting Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Kidneys accounted for the majority of transplanted organs worldwide in 2018, according to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation. Living kidney donors continue to have negative psychosocial effects after donation. We aimed to assess anxiety and depression among Nepalese living kidney donors.

Methods

This was an observational, cross-sectional study conducted from May 2020 to January 2021. All patients who had undergone donor nephrectomy and had completed 6 months of post-donation period were included in the study. Anxiety and depression was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Fischer exact and chi-square test was used to determine the association between variables and the level of significance was maintained at 5% with

SUBMITTER: Bhurtyal N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature