Table 4 Associations between QOL scores (SF-36) and donor specific questions
From: Long-term, self-reported health outcomes in kidney donors
Physical functiona | Role physicalb | Bodily painb | General healtha | Vitalityb | Social functiona | Role emotionala | Mental healtha | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 159 | 164 | 166 | 163 | 163 | 167 | 166 | 166 | |
Recognition | |||||||||
Family and friends | B (st.error) | 3.242 (2.004) | 7.984* (4.029) | 7.490* (3.153) | 0.063 (0.041) | 6.776* (3.077) | 0.048 (0.039) | 0.055* (0.028) | 0.045 (0.030) |
Health personnel | B (st.error) | 0.342 (1.322) | 1.527 (2.830) | 2.890 (2.496) | 0.001 (0.027) | 0.949 (2.266) | 0.010 (0.025) | 0.009 (0.017) | 0.014 (0.020) |
Recipient’s outcome | |||||||||
Still alive | B (st.error) | 1.458 (4.705) | 0.499 (9.913) | 5.959 (8.205) | −0.027 (0.097) | 0.363 (7.799) | 0.036 (0.092) | 0.034 (0.064) | 0.075 (0.071) |
Responsibility | |||||||||
Feeling responsible for recipient’s health | B (st.error) | −0.612 (1.093) | 3.277 (2.420) | 1.271 (2.100) | 0.008 (0.023) | 0.754 (1.862) | 0.020 (0.021) | 0.021 (0.015) | 0.003 (0.016) |
Donor’s relationc | |||||||||
Offspring | B (st.error) | −0.126 (4.556) | 2.923 (9.282) | 1.725 (8.156) | 0.054 (0.094) | −4.816 (7.850) | −0.149 (0.089) | −0.066 (0.062) | −0.041 (0.070) |
Parents | B (st.error) | 0.021 (3.974) | 8.459 (8.275) | 8.052 (7.699) | 0.068 (0.082) | −5.203 (7.059) | −0.104 (0.077) | −0.023 (0.054) | −0.001 (0.061) |
Sibling | B (st.error) | −0.777 (3.553) | 3.039 (7.351) | 3.450 (6.724) | 0.040 (0.074) | −0.410 (6.417) | −0.097 (0.069) | −0.001 (0.048) | 0.016 (0.054) |
Spouse | B (st.error) | −1.627 (4.201) | 4.645 (8.266) | 3.094 (7.602) | 0.031 (0.084) | −5.367 (7.041) | −0.121 (0.080) | −0.052 (0.056) | −0.031 (0.062) |
Use of analgesicd | |||||||||
Daily/every week | B (st.error) | −8.034* (4.001) | −15.978 (8.639) | −20.299** (7.117) | −0.057 (0.081) | −4.438 (6.827) | −0.042 (0.077) | −0.096 (0.054) | 0.005 (0.061) |
Use of relaxant/ sleeping pillse | |||||||||
Daily/every week | B (st.error) | −17.378** (4.817) | −11.263 (8.498) | −0.169 (8.631) | −0.116 (0.093) | −17.494** (6.437) | −0.095 (0.086) | −0.133* (0.060) | −0.099 (0.070) |
Genderf | |||||||||
Male | B (st.error) | 4.355 (2.532) | 6.980 (5.889) | 3.118 (5.011) | 0.079 (0.053) | 4.853 (4.832) | 0.044 (0.050) | 0.045 (0.035) | 0.035 (0.039) |
Agegroupg | |||||||||
<70 years | B (st.error) | 4.419 (4.060) | 3.637 (8.356) | 7.450 (7.430) | 0.070 (0.082) | 5.565 (6.824) | 0.079 (0.077) | 0.076 (0.054) | 0.020 (0.060) |
Medical follow-uph | |||||||||
No regular controls | B (st.error) | −2.743 (2.360) | −2.947 (4.985) | −0.842 (4.419) | −0.062 (0.049) | 0.016 (4.417) | 0.018 (0.046) | −0.028 (0.032) | −0.011 (0.036) |