Quality of life of living kidney donors in Germany: A survey with the validated Short Form-36 and Giessen Subjective Complaints List-24 questionnaires

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 864-872

  Giessing, Markus ^a   Reuter, Stefan ^b   Schönberger, Bernd ^a   Deger, Serdar ^a   Tuerk, Ingolf ^c   Hirte, Ingrid ^a   Budde, K ^a   Fritsche, L ^a   Morgera, Stanislao ^a   Neumayer, H H ^a   Loening, S A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum der Hansestadt Stralsund   (Germany)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Living kidney donors; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GIESSEN SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTS LIST 24; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4644248605     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000133307.00604.86     Document Type: Article

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