Table 7 Themes related to how participants gathered information
Theme | % | Representative quote |
|---|---|---|
Other living kidney donors | 46% | Q32: “What I thought was nice and helpful… was talking to other live donors. That would have been helpful for me to have talked to them prior to my kidney donation.” |
Reliability or accuracy of information | 32% | Q33: “I didn’t want to clutter my brain with information that I wasn’t sure was correct.” |
Availability of information/resource | 16% | Q34: “I certainly counted a lot more on the information that [healthcare providers] provided, but I didn’t have access to them all the times that I wanted.” |
Understandable information | 14% | Q35: “Ease of understanding. Sometimes it’s too much medical terminology and mumbo jumbo, so if it’s explained in everyday language, it’s very helpful.” |
Organization of information | 2% | Q36: “The resources that I appreciated the most… were well organized so I could find the answers to specific questions.” |
Advertisement | 2% | Q37: “That it was not an advertisement or something like that.” |