Table 1 Relationship between satisfaction levels and sociodemographic, psychological, and health characteristics
From: Post-donation satisfaction in kidney transplantation: a survey of living donors in Japan
Donor satisfaction levels | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Low (n = 29) | Non-low (n = 166) | ||
Donor variables | |||
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 61.5 ± 10.7 | 61.2 ± 9.6 | 0.887 |
Female sex | 22 (75.9%) | 113 (68.1%) 58.2 (1.0–833.3) | 0.402 |
Time since donation, months | 57.3 (3.8–205.3) | 0.935 | |
Relationship with recipient | 0.949 | ||
Parent | 15 (51.7%) | 88 (53.0%) | |
Child | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.2%) | |
Sibling | 3 (10.3%) | 17 (10.2%) | |
Spouse | 9 (31.0%) | 56 (33.7%) | |
Education, ≤12 years | 15 (51.7%) | 88 (53.0%) | 0.773 |
Married, current | 21 (72.4%) | 138 (83.1%) | 0.254 |
Cohabitation, current | |||
With family | 24 (82.8%) | 147 (88.6%) | 0.796 |
With recipient | 17 (58.6%) | 86 (51.8%) | 0.340 |
With recipient prior to transplantation | 18 (62.1%) | 104 (62.7%) | 0.899 |
Not employed, current | 5 (17.2%) | 28 (16.9%) | 0.876 |
Perception of donation results and transplant procedure | |||
Good relationship with and support from family members | 1.40 ± 0.49 | 1.28 ± 0.53 | 0.279 |
Adequate information prior to transplant | 1.97 ± 0.78 | 1.41 ± 0.43 | 0.001a |
Recipients’ recovery | 1.41 ± 0.50 | 1.43 ± 0.61 | 0.908 |
Recipient’s gratefulness to the donor | 1.41 ± 0.54 | 1.26 ± 0.47 | 0.109 |
Increase in self-esteem/self-worth through donation | 1.59 ± 0.64 | 1.36 ± 0.54 | 0.038a |
Self-Rating Depression Scale | 39.1 ± 9.1 | 35.3 ± 6.7 | 0.01a |
Life Orientation Test | |||
Optimism | 13.7 ± 2.7 | 15.1 ± 2.6 | 0.01a |
Pessimism | 11.2 ± 3.1 | 11.2 ± 2.7 | 0.970 |
SF-36 | |||
Physical function | 87.8 ± 22.1 | 92.1 ± 12.1 | 0.122 |
Role — physical | 83.8 ± 27.1 | 89.0 ± 20.7 | 0.24 |
Bodily pain | 73.7 ± 34.1 | 77.5 ± 30.5 | 0.58 |
General health | 73.5 ± 17.9 | 71.6 ± 18.6 | 0.605 |
Vitality | 68.5 ± 18.0 | 71.8 ± 21.0 | 0.383 |
Social function | 82.3 ± 24.4 | 84.9 ± 23.5 | 0.607 |
Role — emotional | 89.4 ± 20.8 | 89.5 ± 20.1 | 0.973 |
Mental health | 79.3 ± 13.7 | 79.4 ± 16.9 | 0.976 |
Recipient variables | |||
Age at transplantation, years | 41.9 ± 13.6 | 41.8 ± 13.9 | 0.966 |
Dialysis duration before transplant, months | 67.8 ± 68.9 | 53.5 ± 52.2 | 0.287 |
Serum creatinine level, current, mg/dL | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 0.095 |
CSQ-8 | 28.1 ± 3.0 | 29.2 ± 2.7 | 0.072 |
Self-Rating Depression Scale | 36.3 ± 7.5 | 36.5 ± 7.3 | 0.873 |
Life Orientation Test | |||
Optimism | 12.8 ± 2.8 | 13.4 ± 3.4 | 0.333 |
Pessimism | 11.3 ± 2.7 | 11.4 ± 2.8 | 0.780 |
SF-36 | |||
Physical function | 92.1 ± 5.6 | 90.9 ± 9.1 | 0.476 |
Role — physical | 67.2 ± 5.7 | 66.9 ± 15.0 | 0.896 |
Bodily pain | 84.6 ± 12.5 | 81.5 ± 22.0 | 0.476 |
General health | 58.1 ± 13.0 | 60.7 ± 16.5 | 0.424 |
Vitality | 65.7 ± 10.8 | 67.6 ± 18.7 | 0.607 |
Social function | 86.6 ± 13.4 | 84.8 ± 21.7 | 0.623 |
Role — emotional | 65.8 ± 6.0 | 66.6 ± 16.7 | 0.814 |
Mental health | 76.7 ± 4.9 | 77.2 ± 17.6 | 0.882 |