Table 1.
Demographic, psycho-socioeconomic and clinical characteristics of recipients based on living or deceased donor
| Living (n = 217) N (%) |
Deceased (n = 199) N (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) § | |||
| mean (SD) | 42.56 (15.87) | 40.45 (16.00) | .13 |
| Gender† | |||
| Male | 153 (70.5) | 131 (65.8) | .34 |
| Female | 64 (29.5) | 68 (34.2) | |
| Ethnicity† | .008 | ||
| Fars | 121 (55.7) | 128 (64.32) | |
| Turk | 43 (19.81) | 40 (20.1) | |
| Kurd | 21 (9.67) | 5 (2.51) | |
| Arab | 12 (5.52) | 7 (3.51) | |
| Lur | 6 (2.76) | 11 (5.52) | |
| Other | 14 (6.54) | 8 (7.54) | |
| Education‡ | .002 | ||
| Illiterate | 28 (13.3) | 36 (18.7) | |
| Elementary or high school | 60 (28.6) | 57 (29.5) | |
| Diploma | 71 (33.8) | 80 (41.5) | |
| Academic degree | 51 (24.3) | 20 (10.4) | |
| Not declared | 7 (3.22) | 6 (3.01) | |
| Employment‡ | .002 | ||
| Full time | 58 (29.7) | 28 (15.6) | |
| Part time | 16 (8.2) | 19 (10.6) | |
| Self employed | 22 (11.3) | 10 (5.6) | |
| Unemployed | 66 (33.8) | 89 (49.7) | |
| Retired | 30 (15.4) | 27 (15.1) | |
| Disabled person | 3 (1.5) | 6 (3.4) | |
| Not declared | 22 (10.1) | 20 (10.0) | |
| Monthly incomea ‡ | <.001 | ||
| Low income | 81 (43.1) | 122 (69.3) | |
| Lower-middle income | 82 (43.6) | 43 (24.4) | |
| Upper-middle income | 25 (13.3) | 11 (6.3) | |
| Not declared | 29 (13.3) | 23 (11.5) | |
| Health Insurance Coverage† | .185 | ||
| Yes | 213 (98.2) | 191 (96.0) | |
| No | 4 (1.8) | 8 (4.0) | |
| Financial supportb† | .486 | ||
| Yes | 83 (45.4) | 81 (49.7) | |
| No | 100 (54.6) | 84 (50.9) | |
| GHQ-28 questionnaire | |||
| Somatic symptoms | 164 (42.3) | 137 (35.3) | .162 |
| Anxiety and sleep disorder | 168 (43.3) | 136 (35.1) | .044 |
| Social dysfunction | 79 (20.4) | 81 (20.9) | .290 |
| Depression symptoms | 145 (37.5) | 147 (37.9) | .045 |
| SF-36 questionnaire | |||
| mean (SD) | |||
| Physical component summary | 45.23 (16.24) | 46.49 (15.36) | .435 |
| Mental component summary | 50.95 (25.97) | 51.74 (31.16) | .788 |
| Social Support Questionnaire† | |||
| Family: Low or Moderate | 23 (12.5) | 27 (13.1) | .858 |
| High | 161 (87.5) | 179 (86.9) | |
| Friends: Low or Moderate | 73 (35.4) | 60 (32.6) | .556 |
| High | 133 (64.4) | 124 (67.4) | |
| Significant other: Low or Moderate | 19 (10.4) | 25 (12.4) | .552 |
| High | 163 (89.6) | 177 (87.6) | |
| ESRD causes† | .22 | ||
| Hypertension | 77 (37.2) | 54 (28.4) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 26 (12.6) | 34 (17.9) | |
| Glomerulonephritis | 33 (15.9) | 24 (12.7) | |
| Urologic diseases b | 23 (11.1) | 30 (15.8) | |
| ADPKD | 13 (6.3) | 20 (10.5) | |
| Others c/Unspecific | 45 (21.0) | 37(19.4) | |
ESRD: end stage renal disease, ADPKD: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
a According to the consensus of the Iranian Ministry of Cooperative, labor, and social welfare, the minimum wage in 2016–2017 was approximately 10.000.000 Rials per month. Therefore, monthly income of recipients was divided into these tertiles: low income (monthly income: < 10.000.000 Rials), lower-middle income (between 10.000.000–20.000.000 Rials) and upper-middle income (> 20.000.000 Rials)
b Financial support, any financial assistance from family, relatives, or non-governmental organizations
† Chi Square Test
‡ Mann Whitney
§ Independent sample T test