Persistent dipstick haematuria following renal transplantation



Quality of Life Before and After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

J A Lumsdaine1 A Wray2 M J Power3 N V Jamieson2 M Akyol1 J A Bradley2 JLR Forsythe1 S J Wigmore1

1Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; 2Transplant Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, 3 Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Aim: To assess the impact of donating and receiving a kidney before and after living kidney donor transplantation on quality of life, concerns and relationship issues.

Method: Prospective, longitudinal study in two transplants centres in the United Kingdom. Both donor and recipient were requested to complete the World Health Organisation Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL) along with additional questions concerning relationships between donor and recipient and other family members. The questionnaires were completed before surgery, 6 weeks and one year after live donor transplant.

Results: Forty-eight donor-recipient pairings agreed to participate (3 declined). Six-week follow-up data is complete for 40 pairs, one year follow-up data is available for 30 pairs with the remainder due by November 2003.

The WHOQOL physical domain score of donors deteriorated at six weeks after donation but had returned to pre-operative values by one year (p= ................
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