Satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms in living organ donors and non-donors: New insights from the National Living Donor Assistance Center.
Amit K MathurBarry A HongNathan P GoodrichJiawei XingPatricia H WarrenKimberly A GiffordRobert M MerionAkinlolu O OjoPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2020)
Donors and non-donors have high global levels of overall life satisfaction and low levels of depressive symptoms at 8 weeks after donation or denial. While small effect sizes were observed between groups in these outcomes, being a non-donor was an independent risk factor for lower life satisfaction, which warrants further evaluation.