TITLE:
Quality of Life in Living Kidney Donors Grenoble Teaching Hospital (France)
AUTHORS:
Manzan Edwige Anastasie Wognin, Abdoul Yannick Gonan, Kéhi Jonathan Kpan, Monlet Cyr Guei, Konan Nguessan Michel, Christ Ziahy Reine Marie, Tia Weu Melanie, Bourhaïma Ouattara, Lionel Rostaing
KEYWORDS:
Quality of Life, Kidney Donors, Psychosocial Life
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nephrology,
Vol.14 No.3,
August
15,
2024
ABSTRACT: Context: Kidney transplantation is today the standard treatment for patients suffering from chronic end-stage renal failure. Living kidney donation offers many advantages for the recipient, but requires a subject without comorbidities to undergo surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life and psychosocial experience of living kidney donors after donation. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with an analytical aim, involving living kidney donors during the period from January 2016 to April 2019 at CHUGA. (University Hospital Center of Grenoble Alpes in France). Results: Our study shows that out of 88 donors, 70 responded to our questionnaires, representing a prevalence of 80.5%. The average age of our donors was 55.6 years with a female predominance. Seven out of eight domains of the SF36 score had a good quality of life after donation and the donation did not alter their psychosocial experience. The majority of our donors expressed their pride and enthusiasm, did not regret having saved a life, and this experience was considered positive. Conclusion: Kidney donation does not have a negative impact on quality of life and psychosocial life. The majority of donors do not regret their donation. The dissemination of such results could make it possible to increase the number of kidney transplants from living donors in France, especially in our African countries where the management of ESRD remains a real public health problem.