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Table 6 Informational Resources Used

From: Interviews of living kidney donors to assess donation-related concerns and information-gathering practices

Resource

% Who Used Resource

Median (IQR) Usefulnessa

Books

14%

5 (2,5)

Scientific journals

28%

8 (6,8)

Newspapers or magazines

27%

6 (5,8)

Websites

79% of donors since 2000b

8 (7,9)

Healthcare providers

100%

10 (9,10)

Other

44%

 
  1. aUsefulness was rated only by LKDs who reported using the resource. Usefulness was rated on a scale of 0–10, where 0 represented “not useful” and 10 represented “extremely useful”
  2. bRestricted to donors since 2000 because that is when at least 50% of American adults used the internet [29]