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Quality of life assessment in a living donor kidney transplantation program: evaluation of recipients and donors.
Apr 2013
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Abstract
Quality of life (QOL) in donors before and after living kidney donor transplantation (LKDT) has been an important concern. Investigation of these issues in related recipients is not as common. Since 2002, a protocol of psychosocial evaluation for donors and recipients was included in the living kidney donation program. We sought to evaluate QOL in donors and recipients, before and after transplantation, and to compare the 2 groups.