A Study of Quality of Life of Elderly Live Kidney Donors—An Interview-Based Prospective Follow-Up Study

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q4 IMMUNOLOGY

Transplantation proceedings Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.07.012

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Abstract

Quality of life (QoL) is a vital aspect of postdonation amongst donors, especially elderly donors. There is a limited study from India assessing the QoL amongst young live donors (YLD), and no study has been done on the elderly sub-group. This study was undertaken to determine the donors' sociodemographic and essential clinical characteristics, as well as to study the QoL of the live kidney donors and compare the QoL of elderly and young donors. Baseline demographic characters taken from the RTR registration register and SF-36 questionnaire were used to assess the QoL at baseline, discharge post-transplant, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months through an interview. We found that the QoL of the elderly donors in postkidney donation returns to baseline at the end of 6 months in all dimensions of the QoL amongst the North Indian population. The physical function is better amongst elderly donors at the end of 3 and 6 months than among young donors. The study's findings must be propagated to increase the donation of kidneys to older people. This is the first of its kind from India, necessitating further multicentric study.

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老年活体肾脏捐献者生活质量研究--基于访谈的前瞻性随访研究。

生活质量（QoL）是捐献者，尤其是老年捐献者捐献后的一个重要方面。印度对年轻活体捐献者的生活质量进行评估的研究非常有限，而且还没有对老年亚组进行过研究。本研究旨在确定捐献者的社会人口学特征和基本临床特征，研究活体肾脏捐献者的 QoL，并比较老年捐献者和年轻捐献者的 QoL。研究使用了从肾脏移植登记册中提取的基线人口学特征和 SF-36 问卷，通过访谈评估了基线、移植后出院、1 个月、3 个月、6 个月和 12 个月时的 QoL。我们发现，在北印度人群中，肾脏捐献后的老年捐献者的 QoL 在 6 个月后恢复到基线水平。在 3 个月和 6 个月后，老年捐献者的身体机能优于年轻捐献者。必须宣传这项研究的结果，以增加对老年人的肾脏捐赠。这是印度首次开展此类研究，因此有必要进一步开展多中心研究。

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Transplantation proceedings 医学-免疫学

CiteScore

1.70

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0.00%

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502

审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Transplantation Proceedings publishes several different categories of manuscripts, all of which undergo extensive peer review by recognized authorities in the field prior to their acceptance for publication. The first type of manuscripts consists of sets of papers providing an in-depth expression of the current state of the art in various rapidly developing components of world transplantation biology and medicine. These manuscripts emanate from congresses of the affiliated transplantation societies, from Symposia sponsored by the Societies, as well as special Conferences and Workshops covering related topics. Transplantation Proceedings also publishes several special sections including publication of Clinical Transplantation Proceedings, being rapid original contributions of preclinical and clinical experiences. These manuscripts undergo review by members of the Editorial Board. Original basic or clinical science articles, clinical trials and case studies can be submitted to the journal?s open access companion title Transplantation Reports.