Donor-reported barriers to living kidney donor follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite regulations mandating follow-up laboratory testing for living kidney donors, less than half of transplant centers are in compliance. We sought to understand barriers to follow-up testing from the donors' perspective.

Methods

We surveyed our center's living kidney donors. Binary logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with follow-up testing completion.

Results

Of 185 living kidney donors, 110 (59.4%) participated. Among them, 82 (74.5%) completed 6-month laboratory testing, 76 (69.1%) completed 12-month testing, 68 (61.8%) completed both, and 21 (19.0%) completed neither. Six-month testing completion was strongly associated with 12-month testing completion (OR 9.74, 95%CI: 2.23-42.50; p = .002). Those who disagreed with the statemen

SUBMITTER: Orandi BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature