Understanding barriers and outcomes of unspecified (non-directed altruistic) kidney donation from both professional's and patient's perspectives: research protocol for a national multicentre mixed-methods prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Living donation accounts for over one-third of all kidney transplants taking place in the UK. ¹ The concept of anonymously donating a kidney to a stranger (non-directed altruistic or unspecified kidney donation (UKD)) remains uncomfortable for some clinicians, principally due to concerns about the motivations and long-term physical and psychological outcomes in this donor group.

Aims

The research programme aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the unspecified donor programme in the UK. It aims to identify reasons for variations in practice across centres, explore outcomes for donors and ascertain barriers and facilitators to UKD, as well as assess the economic implications of unspecified donation.

Methods

The research programme will ado

SUBMITTER: Gare R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623565 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature