Higher quality of life in living donor kidney transplantation: Prospective cohort study

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 975-980

  Lumsdaine, Jennifer A ^a   Wray, Alison ^b   Power, Michael J ^c   Jamieson, Neville V ^b   Akyol, Murat ^a   Bradley, J Andrew ^b   Forsythe, John L R ^a   Wigmore, Stephen J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Live kidney donor; Living donation; Psychological outcome; Quality of life; Transplant outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 25144515021     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00175.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. D'Alessandro A, Sollinger HW, Knechtle SJ, et al. Living related and unrelated donors for kidney transplantation - a 28 year experience. Ann Surg 1995; 3: 353.
2. Asderakis A, Augustine T, Dyer P, et al. Pre-emptive Kidney Transplantation: the attractive alternative. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998; 13: 1799.
3. Terasaki PI, Cecka JM, Gjertson DW, Takemoto S. High survival rates of kidney transplants from spousal and living unrelated donors. N Engl J Med 1995; 333: 333.
4. Jones JW, Halldorson J, Elick DK, et al. Unrecognised health problems diagnosed during living donor evaluation: a potential benefit. Transplant Proc 1993; 25: 3083.
5. Fehrman-Ekholm I, Elinder C-G, Stenbesk M, et al. Kidney donors live longer. Transplantation 1997; 64: 976.
6. Johnson EM, Anderson JK, Jacobs C, et al. Long-term follow of living kidney donors: quality of life after donation. Transplantation 1999; (Mar 15) 67: 717.
7. Griva K, Ziegelmann JP, Thompson D, et al. Quality of life and emotional responses in cadaver and living related renal transplant recipients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; (Dec) 17: 2204.
8. Harper A, Power M (on behalf of the WHOQOL Group). Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. Psychol Med 1998; 28: 551.
9. Albrecht GL, Devlieger PJ. The disability paradox: high quality of life against all odds. Soc Sci Med 1999; 48: 977.
10. Smith GC, Trauer T, Kerr P, Chadban SJ. Prospective psychosocial monitoring of living kidney donors using the SF-36 health survey. Transplantation 2003; 76: 807.
11. Hathaway D, Barr M, Ghobrial M, et al. Assessing quality of life in organ transplant recipients: progress and priorities. Prog Transplant 2003; 13: 1.
12. Records of the World Health Organisation. New York: Constitution of the World Health Organisation, 1946.
13. Risks To The Donor. Chapter 5.0. United Kingdom Guidelines for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, The Renal Association, 2002 (January): 2 pp.