Leigh Anne Dageforde|Alec Petersen|Irene D. Feurer|Kerri L. Cavanaugh|Kelly A. Harms|Jesse M. Ehrenfeld|Derek Moore
Health Literacy of Living Kidney Donors and Kidney Transplant Recipients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
health literacy hl may mediator known socioeconomic racial disparities living kidney donationwe evaluated associations patient demographic characteristics hl living kidney donors ld living donor kidney transplant recipients ldr deceased donor recipients ddr singlecenter retrospective review patients undergoing kidney donation transplantation september 2010 july 2012 hl demographic data collected hl assessed via short literacy survey sls comprising three selfreported screening questions scored using fivepoint likert scale low moderate high chisquare logistic regression used test factors associated lower hlthe sample included 360 adults 105 ld 103 ldr 152 ddr 4614 years 70 white 56 male 143 years education hl scores skewed 49 high 41 moderate 10 low distribution hl categories differed significantly among groups p0019 controlling age race sex education raceeducation interaction term ddr likely moderate low hl ldr 1911 95 ci 10963332 p0022overall living donors high hl distribution low moderate high hl differed significantly ld ddr ldr ddr higher likelihood low hl ldr screening kidney transplant candidates donors lower hl may identify barriers living donation future interventions addressing hl may important increase living donation reduce disparities