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Chapter 5
Results
Participants
A total of 656 persons participated in this cross-sectional study, which represents a
response rate of 46% of all invited transplant recipients.

e entire group of participants
comprised 194 recipients of a renal transplantation from a living donor, 184 recipients of a
renal transplantation from a deceased donor, 146 recipients of a liver transplantation, 102
recipients of a lung transplantation, and 30 recipients of a heart transplantation. From the
656 participants, 591 (90%) completed the Barriers and Motivators Questionnaire.
characteristics of these 591 participants are presented in Table 3.
e

e median (IQR) barrier
frequency score and barrier intensity score were 7 (4; 11) and 9 (5; 15), respectively.
e
median (IQR) motivator frequency score and motivator intensity score were 16 (13; 19)
and 31 (22; 39), respectively.
Table 3.
Participant characteristics (
n
= 591)
Age, yrs (median, IQR)
Male gender (n, %) Marital status (n, %)
Living with partner
Living alone Educational level (n, %)
Low Medium High
Transplanted organ (n, %) Kidney, living donor Kidney, deceased donor Liver
Lung
Heart
Time since transplantation, months (median, IQR) Charlson Comorbidity Index (n, %)
0 1-2 ≥3
332 (56)
450 (77) 138 (24)
244 (41) 192 (33) 153 (26)
182 (31) 160 (27) 130 (22)
93 (16) 26 (4) 73 (47.5; 110.0)
192 (33) 299 (51)
59 (49; 66)
IQR: Inter Quartile Range.
88.
e sum of percentages can be > 100% due to rounding.
99 (17)