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Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea

This study aimed to know how the general population recognizes live kidney donation in Korea. Participants were randomly selected from the general population after proportional allocation by region, sex, and age. Selected participants received a questionnaire that included demographic information, s...

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Autores principales: Kang, Eunjeong, Lee, Jangwook, Park, Sehoon, Kim, Yaerim, Kim, Hyo Jeong, Kim, Yong Chul, Kim, Dong Ki, Joo, Kwon Wook, Kim, Yon Su, Choi, Insun, Lee, Hajeong
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35925947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272495
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author Kang, Eunjeong
Lee, Jangwook
Park, Sehoon
Kim, Yaerim
Kim, Hyo Jeong
Kim, Yong Chul
Kim, Dong Ki
Joo, Kwon Wook
Kim, Yon Su
Choi, Insun
Lee, Hajeong
author_facet Kang, Eunjeong
Lee, Jangwook
Park, Sehoon
Kim, Yaerim
Kim, Hyo Jeong
Kim, Yong Chul
Kim, Dong Ki
Joo, Kwon Wook
Kim, Yon Su
Choi, Insun
Lee, Hajeong
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description This study aimed to know how the general population recognizes live kidney donation in Korea. Participants were randomly selected from the general population after proportional allocation by region, sex, and age. Selected participants received a questionnaire that included demographic information, socioeconomic and marital statuses, prior recognition of live donor kidney transplantation, expected changes after donation, and the need for support after donor nephrectomy. Among the 1,000 participants from the web-based survey, 83.8% answered they fully understood living donor kidney transplantation, 81.1% knew about them, and 51.1% were willing to donate. Various complications after nephrectomy and deterioration in health after donation were the most significant reasons for those reluctant to donate. Most agreed that the government should provide social and economic support to living kidney donors, especially after exposure to the description of donor nephrectomy. Financial support, including surgery and regular medical check-up costs, was the most preferred government support. The Korean general population seemed aware of the value and safety of kidney donation, although only half of them were willing to donate due to concerns about possible complications. Most participants agreed on social and economic support for living kidney donors, especially surgery-related costs.
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spelling pubmed-93520252022-08-05 Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea Kang, Eunjeong Lee, Jangwook Park, Sehoon Kim, Yaerim Kim, Hyo Jeong Kim, Yong Chul Kim, Dong Ki Joo, Kwon Wook Kim, Yon Su Choi, Insun Lee, Hajeong PLoS One Research Article This study aimed to know how the general population recognizes live kidney donation in Korea. Participants were randomly selected from the general population after proportional allocation by region, sex, and age. Selected participants received a questionnaire that included demographic information, socioeconomic and marital statuses, prior recognition of live donor kidney transplantation, expected changes after donation, and the need for support after donor nephrectomy. Among the 1,000 participants from the web-based survey, 83.8% answered they fully understood living donor kidney transplantation, 81.1% knew about them, and 51.1% were willing to donate. Various complications after nephrectomy and deterioration in health after donation were the most significant reasons for those reluctant to donate. Most agreed that the government should provide social and economic support to living kidney donors, especially after exposure to the description of donor nephrectomy. Financial support, including surgery and regular medical check-up costs, was the most preferred government support. The Korean general population seemed aware of the value and safety of kidney donation, although only half of them were willing to donate due to concerns about possible complications. Most participants agreed on social and economic support for living kidney donors, especially surgery-related costs. Public Library of Science 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9352025/ /pubmed/35925947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272495 Text en © 2022 Kang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kang, Eunjeong
Lee, Jangwook
Park, Sehoon
Kim, Yaerim
Kim, Hyo Jeong
Kim, Yong Chul
Kim, Dong Ki
Joo, Kwon Wook
Kim, Yon Su
Choi, Insun
Lee, Hajeong
Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea
title Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea
title_full Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea
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title_full_unstemmed Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea
title_short Perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of South Korea
title_sort perception regarding live kidney donation in the general population of south korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35925947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272495
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