Fatigue in living kidney donors compared to a German general population sample: an exploratory study
Dilek Akkus, Adrian Westenberger, Gunilla Einecke, Wilfried Gwinner, Uwe Tegtbur, Mariel Nöhre, Martina de Zwaan · 2025
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Dilek Akkus and co-authors compare fatigue in kidney donors and the public in 2025. Giving a kidney is generous, but donors may pay a lasting energy cost. Past studies never settled whether donor fatigue truly differs from the public norm. The team surveyed hundreds of donors years after their surgery.
Their fatigue scores were set against a large German population sample in matched age and sex bands. A standard twenty item inventory covered five shades of fatigue. Links with age, sex, schooling, and years since donation were tested. The exploratory work aims to counsel future donors with honest numbers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dilek Akkus, Adrian Westenberger, Gunilla Einecke, Wilfried Gwinner, Uwe Tegtbur, Mariel Nöhre, Martina de Zwaan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |