Table 2.
Psychosocial outcomes at each of the assessment time points.
| Psychosocial Outcome | Pre-donation | 1 month post-donation | 6 months post-donation | 12 months post-donation | 24 months post-donation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| LKD (n=189) |
HC (n=19) |
LKD (n=177) |
HC (n=19) |
LKD (n=161) |
HC (n=18) |
LKD (n=156) |
HC (n=17) |
LKD (n=163) |
HC (n=15) |
|
| Mood | 5.04 (4.4) | 6.16 (4.9) | 3.66 (4.3) | 4.95 (5.1) | 4.69 (5.8) | 5.28 (4.3) | 4.65 (5.0) | 6.00 (4.8) | 5.07 (5.5) | 4.93 (4.5) |
| Anxiety | 3.26 (2.6) | 2.95 (2.6) | 1.69 (2.0) | 2.42 (2.4) | 2.20 (2.2) | 2.22 (2.4) | 2.06 (2.2) | 2.29 (2.5) | 2.25 (2.3) | 2.20 (2.3) |
| Depression | 0.62 (1.2) | 1.16 (2.0) | 0.92 (1.5) | 1.05 (2.1) | 1.18 (2.5) | 1.06 (1.3) | 1.13 (2.0) | 1.38 (2.1) | 1.21 (2.2) | 0.93 (1.5) |
| Anger | 1.17 (1.6) | 2.05 (1.2) | 1.05 (1.4) | 1.47 (1.3) | 1.32 (1.7) | 2.00 (1.7) | 1.47 (1.8) | 2.18 (1.5) | 1.63 (1.8) | 1.80 (1.1) |
| Fear of kidney failure | 8.21 (3.8) | 8.21 (2.9) | 7.23 (3.0) | – | 7.69 (3.6) | – | 7.79 (3.8) | – | 7.86 (3.3) | – |
| Body image | 4.37 (4.8) | 5.16 (3.2) | 4.30 (5.0) | – | 3.49 (4.2) | 4.94 (3.4) | 3.41 (4.2) | 4.24 (3.0) | 3.23 (3.7) | 4.64 (2.4) |
| Surgical scarring satisfaction | – | – | – | – | 3.72 (1.3) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Life satisfaction | 27.94 (5.5) | 29.0 (5.0) | 27.82 (5.4) | 27.63 (6.4) | 27.93 (5.7) | 28.06 (5.0) | 27.77 (6.1) | 28.47 (5.1) | 27.87 (5.9) | 28.67 (5.9) |
| Decisional stability | – | – | 6 (3%) | – | 5 (3%) | – | 2 (1%) | – | 3 (2%) | – |
| Donation satisfaction | – | – | 4.31 (0.8) | – | 4.35 (0.7) | – | 4.41 (0.8) | – | 4.49 (0.7) | – |