title: Health-related quality of life of living kidney donors: review of the short form 36-health questionnaire survey.
abstract: Kidney transplantation is the ultimate goal and the best treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease. Organ shortage and steadily growing waiting time for a cadaver kidney transplant have forced the medical community to look for alternatives, such as living kidney donation. However, available data examining health-related quality of life (QOL) issues of living donors are currently limited. In addition, little information regarding factors associated with health-related QOL in living kidney donors is currently available and this issue remains controversial. This review article aims to summarize the data regarding health-related QOL of living kidney donors by using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea. randyku@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Ja Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ku
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States