Daniela P. Ladner|Mary Amanda Dew|Sarah Forney|Brenda W. Gillespie|Robert S. Brown|Robert M. Merion|Chris E. Freise|Paul H. Hayashi|Johnny C. Hong|April Ashworth|Carl Berg|James R. Burton|Abraham Shaked|Zeeshan Butt
Long-term quality of life after liver donation in the adult to adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL)
Northwestern University|University of Pittsburgh|Arbor Research Collaborative for Health|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Columbia University|Arbor Research Collaborative for Health|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of California, San Francisco|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Medical College of Wisconsin|Virginia Commonwealth University|Duke University Health System|University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus|University of Colorado Denver|University of Pennsylvania|Northwestern University
longterm studies healthrelated quality life hrqol living liver donors study aimed characterize donor hrqol adult adult living donor liver transplantation study a2all 11 years postdonationbetween 2004 2013 hrqol assessed evaluation 3 months yearly postdonation prevalent liver donors using shortform survey sf36 provides physical pcs mental component summary mcsof 458 donors enrolled a2all 374 82 sf36 data mean age evaluation 38 range 1863 47 male 93 white 43 bachelors degree higher mcs pcs means us population time points however every time point donors reported poor scores 12 standard deviation age sex adjusted mean pcs 53268100250 predictors poor pcs mcs scores included recipients death within two years prior survey education less bachelors degree poor pcs scores also predicted time since donation hispanic ethnicity 3month postdonation time pointin summary living donors maintain average hrqol 11 years prospectively supporting notion living donation negatively affect hrqol however targeted support donors risk poor hrqol may improve overall hrqol outcomes living liver donors