Quality of life and psychological outcome of donors after living donor liver transplantation

Table 1 Donor characteristics

Factors	Frequency	mean ± SD/percent (%)
Age (yr)		38.94 ± 10.44
≤ 40	42	59.2
> 40	29	40.8
Marital status (married/unmarried)	62/9	87.3/12.7
Gender (male/female)	40/31	56.3/43.7
Educational status
Elementary school	15	21.1
Middle school	46	64.8
University	10	14.1
Occupation
Worker	12	16.9
Peasant	36	50.7
Civil servant	7	9.9
Others2	16	22.5
Complication (yes/no)	5/66	7.0/93.0
Time since operation
≤ 1 yr	16	22.5
> 1 yr, ≤ 2 yr	34	47.9
> 2 yr, ≤ 3 yr	21	29.6
Employment after donation
Full-time	53	74.6
Part-time	9	12.7
No employment	9	12.7
Recipients
Parenthood	9	12.71
Children	9	12.71
Couples	7	9.91
Brothers and sisters	30	42.31
Distant relatives	16	22.51
Recipient health well-being
Fine	56	78.9
Deterioration or death	15	21.1

¹The sum of percentages is not equal to 100% due to rounding error;

²Includes students, unemployed, etc.