Influence of the Kidney Histology at the Time of Donation on Long Term Kidney Function in Living Kidney Donors

Psychosocial Health of Living Kidney Donors: A Systematic Review

“…In another study that used the SF 36, donors scored worse on some dimensions postdonation (including social functioning), although their mental component summary score did not change (65). Another noted that donors had an adequate quality of life perception but had a slight tendency toward depression (68). On a World Health Organization quality of life survey, donors had a lower mean psychological domain score 6 weeks after donation, although their score was significantly higher than the general population (71).…”

“…Studies were from 19 countries; most were conducted in the United States (43% of studies) followed by Germany (10%), Canada (6%), India (4%), Sweden (4%), Australia (4%), the Netherlands (4%) and Switzerland (4%). During follow-up, 46 studies assessed the physical health of donors (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)38,(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(48)(49)(50)(51)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69)(70)(71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78)(79) and 26 reported that some donors had faced graft failure or recipient death (29,(31)(32)…”

“…The remaining studies contacted previous donors' months to years after nephrectomy, with 20 studies not reporting the average time since donation (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)36,39,41,47,49,55,59,66,(68)(69)(70)(73)(74)(75)(76). The number of donors considered for follow-up was often unreported and thus for some studies, the response rate could not be calculated (37,39,41,52,56,59,64,68,72 (40,44,46,48,50,60,62,63,65,73,78) and five compared their characteristics to responders (40,44,46,50,65).…”

“…The number of donors considered for follow-up was often unreported and thus for some studies, the response rate could not be calculated (37,39,41,52,56,59,64,68,72 (40,44,46,48,50,60,62,63,65,73,78) and five compared their characteristics to responders (40,44,46,50,65).…”

“…Many used standardized instruments such as the Short-Form 36 health survey (45,48,51,54,55,57,59,60,(63)(64)(65)(66)68,69,75,(77)(78)(79) and the Beck Depression Inventory (39,64,72). Investigator-developed questionnaires were also used in a majority of studies (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)35,36,38,(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)54,(56)(57)(58)60,64,67,(69)(70)(71)(72)(73)…”