Table 1.

Answers to the Question: “What was the main reason that you donated a kidney?” Using a Visual Analogue Scale, where 0=“unimportant” and 100=“important”.

	Total	Male	Female	p
I wanted to help the kidney patient	90±6	90±6	92±6	0.008
My religious beliefs say that it was the right thing to do	16±25	15±23	17±26	ns
I knew that you could donate a kidney and live a normal life	82±28	80±37	83±20	ns
Others wanted me to donate	13±18	15±21	11±15	0.020
I wanted to improve my relationship with the kidney patient	16±22	18±23	15±22	ns
I wanted to feel like a better person	15±19	16±19	14±18	ns
The waiting time from a deceased donor was too long	55±36	51±36	58±37	ns
I was worried about how it would go without a transplant	87±15	85±16	88±14	ns
I felt a moral obligation to donate a kidney	38±35	42±35	34±35	0.028
I wanted others to see me as a better person	10±11	11±13	9±9	ns
It could just as easily have been me who was sick	60±36	56±35	62±36	ns
I saw no other option than to donate a kidney	55±36	52±35	56±37	ns
My quality of life would be improved	49±38	44±37	52±38	ns
The entire family’s quality of life would be improved	67±32	65±32	69±32	ns