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Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients
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african americans persistently poor access living donor kidney transplants ldkt conducted small randomized trial provide preliminary evidence effect informational decision support donor financial assistance interventions african american hemodialysis patients pursuit ldktstudy participants randomly assigned receive 1 usual care 2 providing resources enhance african american patients readiness make decisions kidney disease prepared 3 prepared plus living kidney donor financial assistance program primary outcome patients actions pursue ldkt discussions family friends doctor initiation completion recipient ldkt medical evaluation identification donor also measured participants attitudes concerns perceptions interventions usefulnessof 329 screened 92 patients eligible randomized usual care n 31 prepared n 30 prepared plus financial assistance n 31 participants reported interventions helped decision making renal replacement treatments 62 however statistically significant improvements ldkt actions among groups 6 months participants utilized living donor financial assistance benefitfindings suggest interventions may need paired personal support navigation services overcome key communication logistical financial barriers ldktclinicaltrialsgov nct01439516 august 31 2011