Quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms in living related kidney donors: a cross-sectional study

Shi, Yuexian1; Zhang, Haiming2,3; Nie, Zhaoling4; Fu, Yingxin5

2023-03-01

10.1007/s11255-023-03542-z

INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   Impact Factor & Quartile

0301-1623

1573-2584

ObjectivesFew studies have examined the quality of life of living kidney donors in mainland China. The data on anxiety and depression of living kidney donors was also scant. This study aimed to investigate quality of life, anxiety, and depression and identify their influencing factors among living kidney donors in mainland China.MethodsA cross-sectional study included 122 living kidney donors from a kidney transplantation center in China. The abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2-item and Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item were used to assess the quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively.ResultsOur study found that the physical related quality of life of our donors was poorer than that of the domestic general population. Among 122 donors, 43.4% and 29.5% of them were found to have anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively. Poor health condition of recipient was identified as not only negative factors affecting all domains of quality of life, but also closely related to anxiety and depression of kidney donors. Donors with proteinuria were more likely to have a poor psychological, social related quality of life, as well as anxiety and depression symptoms.ConclusionsLiving kidney donation has an impact on the physical and mental health of donors. Both the physical and mental health of living kidney donors should not be ignored. More attention and support should be given to donors with proteinuria and donors whose relative recipient suffering poor health condition.

Living donor Kidney transplantation Quality of life Anxiety Depression

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National Natural Science Foundation of China["71603272","71974008"]

Urology & Nephrology

Urology & Nephrology

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1.Peking Univ, Sch Nursing, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
2.Capital Med Univ, Beijing Friendship Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Digest Dis, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China
3.Capital Med Univ, Beijing Friendship Hosp, Beijing Key Lab Tolerance Induct & Organ Protect T, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China
4.Tianjin First Ctr Hosp, Dept Liver Transplantat, Tianjin 300192, Peoples R China
5.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Shenzhen Peoples Hosp 3, Affiliated Hosp 2, Natl Clin Res Ctr Infect Dis,Kidney Transplant Dep, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

Shi, Yuexian,Zhang, Haiming,Nie, Zhaoling,et al. Quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms in living related kidney donors: a cross-sectional study[J]. INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY,2023.

Shi, Yuexian,Zhang, Haiming,Nie, Zhaoling,&Fu, Yingxin.(2023).Quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms in living related kidney donors: a cross-sectional study.INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY.

Shi, Yuexian,et al."Quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms in living related kidney donors: a cross-sectional study".INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY (2023).