Quality of life, depression and anxiety in potential living liver donors for pediatric recipients: A retrospective single center experience

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the potential living liver donors

Characteristics	n = 250
Sex, female, n (%)	136 (54.4)
Age, yr, mean ± SD	29.2 ± 7.2
Race (n = 246)
Afrodescendent	122 (49.6)
White	116 (47.2)
Other	8 (3.2)
Educational level (n = 246), n (%)
Post-bac/graduate	61 (24.8)
College/bachelor	132 (53.7)
Basic education or less	53 (21.5)
Employment, n (%)	120 (48.8)
Religion, n (%)
Catholic	127 (51.6)
Evangelic	68 (27.6)
Protestant	17 (6.9)
Other	27 (10.9)
None	7 (3)
Marital status, married (n = 250), n (%)	115 (46.0)
Income (n = 246), n (%)
≤ 2 times the minimum wage	140 (57)
2-6 times the minimum wage	91 (37)
≥ 6 times the minimum wage	15 (6)
Family related (n = 250), n (%)	214 (85.6)
Parents, n (%)	183 (73.2)

Table 2 Donor relationship with the recipient

Donor relationship with the recipient	n = 247 (%)
Mother/father	158 (64)
Uncle/aunt	30 (12.2)
Brother/sister	10 (4)
Cousin	9 (3.6)
Grandfather/grandmother	4 (1.6)
Nephew/niece	3 (1.2)
Unrelated	33 (13.4)

Table 3 Reasons for not completing the donation process

Reasons for not completing the donation process	n = 110 (%)
Medical condition	44 (40)
Abandoned the evaluation	22 (20)
Children died before the transplant	6 (5.4)
Social contraindication	1 (0.9)
Transplant was postponed	1 (0.9)
Unknown/missing	36 (32.8)

Table 4 Motivations and ambivalence in potential living liver donor

Motivations and ambivalence	n = 250 (%)
Would prefer that other person donates	25 (10)
Would feel relieved if the recipient was transplanted with a deceased donor	115 (46)
Feels moved about the possibility to donate	59 (23.6)
Wouldn’t like to be a donor, would rather care for the recipient after the transplant	11 (4.4)
Voluntary and pro-active decision to donate	195 (78)
Immediate decision to donate	183 (73.2)
Never had doubts about donating	218 (87.2)
Is scared of the surgery	5 (2)
Has a family member who's against the donation	10 (4)
Believes there will be no health-related problems after the donation	241 (96.4)
Would be sad if not compatible to donate	144 (57.6)
Wishes to donate in order to ease the recipient’s and the family suffering	152 (60.8)
Believes the donation will be a life changer	210 (84)

PLLD: Potential living liver donor.