Willingness to Consider Non-Directed Kidney Donation.
The purpose of the study was to determine whether factors, including knowledge about living kidney donation or acquaintance with a donor or recipient, are related to willingness to consider donating a kidney. Participants were randomly assigned to read (n = 78) or not read (n = 71) educational materials regarding living donation. All participants then completed a living donation knowledge quiz, indicated whether they knew a donor or recipient, and indicated their support for living donation. Knowledge was not related to willingness to consider donation. Acquaintance with a living donor predicated greater willingness to act as a non-directed living donor, as did acquaintance with a transplant recipient. Decisions regarding whether to consider acting as a living organ donor may be related to whether a person is acquainted with an organ donor or a recipient. Emphasizing personal connections to transplant may lead to increased acceptance of living donation.
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*; D061349:Unrelated Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult