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19845584

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
The barriers to live donor transplantation are poorly understood. We performed a prospective cohort study of individuals undergoing renal transplant evaluation. Participants completed a questionnaire that assessed clinical characteristics as well as knowledge and beliefs about transplantation. A participant satisfied the primary outcome if anyone contacted the transplant center to be considered as a live donor for that participant. The final cohort comprised 203 transplant candidates, among whom 80 (39.4%) had a potential donor contact the center and 19 (9.4%) underwent live donor transplantation. In multivariable logistic regression, younger candidates (OR 1.65 per 10 fewer years, p < 0.01) and those with annual income >or=US$ 15 000 (OR 4.22, p = 0.03) were more likely to attract a potential live donor. Greater self-efficacy, a measure of the participant's belief in his or her ability to attract a donor, was a predictor of having a potential live donor contact the center (OR 2.73 per point, p < 0.01), while knowledge was not (p = 0.56). The lack of association between knowledge and having a potential donor suggests that more intensive education of transplant candidates will not increase live donor transplantation. On the other hand, self-efficacy may be an important target in designing interventions to help candidates find live donors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1600-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2792-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Predictors of having a potential live donor: a prospective cohort study of kidney transplant candidates.
pubmed:affiliation
Renal Division, 1 Founders Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. peter.reese@uphs.upenn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural