Psychosocial health of living kidney donors: A systematic review

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2965-2977

  Clemens, K K ^a   Thiessen Philbrook, H ^a   Parikh, C R ^b   Yang, R C ^a   Karley, M L ^c   Boudville, N ^a,d   Ramesh Prasad, G V ^e   Garg, A X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Living kidney donors; Quality of life; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; META ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33751197519     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01567.x     Document Type: Review

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