Assessment of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Donor and Recipient in Kidney Transplantation

Authors : Aziz Bulut, Aliye Bulut

Pages : 68-74

Doi:10.58651/jomtu.1758173

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Publication Date : 2025-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study aims to assess demographic and clinical characteristics of the donor and recipient in kidney transplantation. Materials and Methods: The population was composed of kidney transplant recipients and donors who applied to an organ transplant centre in Turkey. A total of 71 people were reached. The researcher prepared the questionnaire used in the study. The form included information on whether or not the participant was a recipient or donor, living or cadaveric, some socio-demographic characteristics, whether or not the participant was treated with immunosuppressive therapy before transplantation, whether or not the participant was undergoing dialysis, and follow-up findings after transplantation (Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) /creatinine, eGFR, chronic kidney disease stage, haemoglobin/ white blood cell/platelet). Results: The mean age of the participants was 37.42± 15.41. 50.7% of the participants were recipients, and 49.3% of them were donors. A great majority (82.9%) of those who were organ donors were married (p=0.007) when looking at “marital status”, one of the variables that made a difference. A great majority of the participants (91.7%) were transplant recipients who did not smoke (p=0.000). A moderate positive correlation was found between BUN values and creatinine values in patients before transplantation. Conclusions: The results of this study are compatible with the literature in terms of both demographic and clinical characteristics of the donor and recipient
Keywords : Böbrek nakli, sosyo-demografik, klinik özellikler

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