Journal article
Depression Diagnoses After Living Kidney Donation
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on correlates of psychological outcomes after kidney donation.
METHODS: We 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 …
Authors
Lentine KL; Schnitzler MA; Xiao H; Axelrod D; Davis CL; McCabe M; Brennan DC; Leander S; Garg AX; Waterman AD
Journal
Transplantation, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 77–83
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 15, 2012
DOI
10.1097/tp.0b013e318253f1bc
ISSN
0041-1337