ArticleTransplantation2012
Depression diagnoses after living kidney donation: linking U.S. Registry data and administrative claims.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- A qualitative systematic review of anonymous/unspecified living kidney and liver donors' perspectives.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors.Transplantation · 2017Guideline
- Donor medicine: An emerging field in nephrology.World journal of nephrology · 2026Review
- Living Kidney Donation: A Narrative Review of Mid- and Long-term Psychosocial Outcomes.Transplantation · 2025Review
- Expanding Opportunities for Living Donation: Recommendations From the 2023 Santander Summit to Ensure Donor Protections, Informed Decision Making, and Equitable Access.Transplantation · 2025Review
- Improving healthcare services for living kidney donors: an experience-based approach in the Netherlands.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Living Donation and Pregnancy-Related Complications: State of the Evidence and Call To Action for Improved Risk Assessment.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2024Review
- Psychosocial characteristics of potential and actual living kidney donors.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
- Impact of Perioperative Complications on Living Kidney Donor Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2021Article
- Assessing Early Supportive Care Needs among Son or Daughter Haploidentical Transplantation Donors.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2020Article
- Cannabis Dependence or Abuse in Kidney Transplantation: Implications for Posttransplant Outcomes.Transplantation · 2019Article
- Anxiety, depression, and regret of donation in living kidney donors.BMC nephrology · 2018Article
- Antidepressant medication use before and after kidney transplant: implications for outcomes - a retrospective study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2018Article
- Validation of Living Donor Nephrectomy Codes.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2018Article
- The National Landscape of Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in the United States.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2017Article
- Summary of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors.Transplantation · 2017Review
- Predonation Prescription Opioid Use: A Novel Risk Factor for Readmission After Living Kidney Donation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2017Article
- Uterus transplantation: current progress and future prospects.International journal of women's health · 2016Review
- Gender differences in use of prescription narcotic medications among living kidney donors.Clinical transplantation · 2015Observational
- Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Facilitating Education about Live Kidney Donation--Recommendations from a Consensus Conference.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundLimited data exist on correlates of psychological outcomes after kidney donation.
methodsWe used a database integrating Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network registrations for 4650 living kidney donors from 1987 to 2007 with administrative data of a U.S. private health insurer (2000-2007 claims) to identify depression diagnoses among prior living donors. The burden and demographic correlates of depression after enrollment in the insurance plan were estimated by Cox regression. Graft failure and death of the donor's recipient were examined as time-varying exposures.
resultsAfter start of insurance benefits, the cumulative frequency of depression diagnosis was 4.2% at 1 year and 11.5% at 5 years, and depression among donors was less common than among age- and gender-matched general insurance beneficiaries (rate ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 0.60-0.81). Demographic and clinical correlates of increased likelihood of depression diagnoses among the prior donors included female gender, white race, and some perioperative complications. After adjustment for donor demographic factors, recipient death (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.23; 95% CI, 1.11-4.48) and death-censored graft failure (aHR, 3.30; 95% CI, 1.49-7.34) were associated with two to three times the relative risk of subsequent depression diagnosis among nonspousal unrelated donors. There were trends toward increased depression diagnoses after recipient death and graft failure among spousal donors but no evidence of associations of these recipient events with the likelihood of depression diagnosis among related donors.
conclusionsRecipient death and graft loss predict increased depression risk among unrelated living donors in this privately insured sample. Informed consent and postdonation care should consider the potential impact of recipient outcomes on the psychological health of the donor.
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