<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation"^^ . "Background: The clinical outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of living kidney donors is mostly not detrimental, but some donors experience impairment after donation. Gender-specific effects of living kidney donors was evaluated.\r\n\r\nMethods: Clinical outcome was assessed in living kidney donors and HRQoL was obtained by self-reporting validated test systems as the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20), the Short Form 36 (SF-36), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).\r\n\r\nResults: Two hundred and eleven (211) living renal donors were evaluated (female 62.2%). Response rate was 80.8%. In both genders, a decrease of renal function of 26% was observed after donation. De novo antihypertensives were introduced in 28.3% of women and 36.5% of men. HRQoL was comparable in female and male donors, except for mental HRQoL, which was lower in 51- to 60-year-old female donors, compared to age-matched male donors and to the female general population. Female donors aged 40–59 years demonstrated more fatigue than the age-matched general population. A low mental HRQoL (MCS; SF-36) was associated with higher values for fatigue (General Fatigue Score; MFI-20) in both genders. Multiple regression analysis detected the General Fatigue score of the MFI-20 questionnaire and depression identified by the PHQ-9 score as independent variables predicting MCS of the SF-36 in both genders. Lower age at time of donation contributed to a lower MCS in female donors.\r\n\r\nConclusions: Overall, HRQoL in living kidney donors exceeds that of the general population. Inferior mental health status and fatigue seem to be a problem, especially in middle-aged female donors, but not in all female donors. Psychological evaluation pre donation and psychological support post donation are required."^^ . "2018" . . . "19" . "377" . . "BioMed Central"^^ . . . "BMC Nephrology"^^ . . . "14712369" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Nicole G."^^ . "Metzendorf"^^ . "Nicole G. Metzendorf"^^ . . "Sarah"^^ . "Estelmann"^^ . "Sarah Estelmann"^^ . . "Claudia"^^ . "Sommerer"^^ . "Claudia Sommerer"^^ . . "Martin"^^ . "Zeier"^^ . "Martin Zeier"^^ . . "Maren"^^ . "Leuschner"^^ . "Maren Leuschner"^^ . . . . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (PDF)"^^ . . . "12882_2018_Article_1187.pdf"^^ . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #25801 \n\nGender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "610 Medizin"@de . "610 Medical sciences Medicine"@en . .