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Table 3 Patient knowledge, attitude and perception by willingness to undergo renal transplant

From: Factors affecting willingness to receive a kidney transplant among minority patients at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey

 

Willing to undergo kidney transplant

 

Total

Yes

No

P-value

Knowledge

Heard about kidney transplant (Prior knowledge), n (%)

  

0.004*

Yes

138 (68.7)

84(77.8)

53(58.9)

 

No/Not sure

63 (31.3)

24(22.2)

37(41.1)

 

Physician discussed transplant with patient, n (%)

  

0.931

Yes

35 (17.9)

19(17.9)

15(17.4)

 

No/Not sure

161 (82.1)

87(82.1)

71(82.6)

 

Ever referred for transplant evaluation, n (%)

  

0.073!

Yes

7 (3.6)

5(4.9)

1(1.1)

 

No

176 (90.7)

94(92.2)

79(89.8)

 

Don’t know/Not sure

11 (5.7)

3(2.9)

8(9.1)

 

Self-reported knowledge on kidney transplant, n (%)

  

0.008!*

Below average

158 (79.8)

77(72.6)

77(87.5)

 

Average

28(14.1)

18(17.0)

10(11.4)

 

Above average

12(6.1)

11(10.4)

1(1.1)

 

Attitude

Willing to attend a class about kidney transplant, n (%)

  

<.001*

Yes

112 (55.2)

76(71.0)

33(35.9)

 

No

27 (13.3)

12(11.2)

15(16.3)

 

Don’t know/Not sure

64 (31.5)

19(17.8)

44(47.8)

 

Willingness to donate kidneys, n (%)

   

<.001*

Yes

76 (38.0)

55(50.9)

20(22.5)

 

No

33 (16.5)

17(15.7)

15(16.9)

 

Not sure

91 (45.5)

36(33.3)

54(60.7)

 

Would you ask for a kidney donation (%)

   

0.038

Yes

102(56.0)

66 (62.9)

36 (47.4)

 

No

80 (44.0)

39 (37.1)

40 (52.6)

 

Perception

Beliefs on whether a living person can donate a kidney (Perceptions on living kidney donation), n (%)

  

<.001!

Yes

159(77.6)

102(91.9)

57(61.3)

 

No

8 (3.9)

2(1.8)

5(5.4)

 

Don’t know/Not sure

38(18.5)

7(6.3)

31(33.3)

 

Perception of quality of life after kidney transplant, n (%)

  

<.001

Correct answer (improve quality of life)

85(45.2)

62(60.8)

22(26.5)

 

Incorrect answer/don’t know

103(54.8)

40(39.2)

61(73.5)

 
  1. !Fischer’s-Exact chi-square. *P-value < 0.05. Note: Percentages may not add up due to rounding. P-values less than 0.001 were reported as < .001