New Delhi, February 14: Women, especially mothers and wives, feel more contended donating kidney as compared to men, an AIIMS study has found.
“We wanted to assess the quality of life (QOL) of the donor after donating kidney and we found that there was a significant improvement in the QOL of donors.
“Of these, there was significant improvement in QOL of female donors, especially mothers and spouses in comparison to others,” Sandeep Guleria, Additional Professor, Department of Surgical Disciplines, AIIMS said.
Citing reason for conducting the study, he said, “We found that women were donors in majority of the cases. Some were married, many unmarried, others were in a live-in relationship or married but separated or a divorcee or widow.
Since the mother and the wife were more prevalent, we wanted to know was this donation out of love or they were coerced to do it, he said.
–PTI