Psychological characteristics and associations between living kidney transplantation recipients and biologically related or unrelated donors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although recipients and donors in living kidney transplantation experience psychological distress-including depression and anxiety-during the pre-operative period, very few studies have evaluated the related psychological reactions. This study aimed to determine the characteristics and correlations of the mood states and personality of recipients and donors (genetically related and unrelated) of living kidney transplantations.

Methods

A total of 66 pairs of living donors and recipients were enrolled from April 2008 to June 2019 in this study, of whom 53 eligible pairs of living donors and recipients were included in the retrospective analysis of their psychological assessments in the pre-transplantation states. While participants' personality patterns were assesse

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7441633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature