title: [Personality patterns of kidney donors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The renal transplantation occurrence has increased over the last 20 years, increasing as well, the importance of knowing personality traits of both donor and recipient deeply. The aim was to understand and describe the psychological profile (personality and psychopathology) that characterizes kidney donors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory MMPI (version 1) was applied to 110 subjects who decided to be kidney donors (before undergoing intervention) the results were analyzed by Student t test for comparison of independent groups and to know whether there are gender differences in personality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences in the scales of introversion and psychasthenia (anxiety) were found, men being the most anxious and women having higher levels of social isolation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In general, donors tend to seek social recognition, reflecting fear to donation and concern about the effects it may have on their health as well as mild depressive symptoms. That is why we remark the importance of psychological support to kidney donors.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez," Secretaría de Salud, Distrito Federal, México. blanca_rios@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Blanca P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ríos-Martínez
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huitrón-Cervantes
authors.forename: Gabriela Alejandra
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rangel-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Pedraza-Moctezuma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult