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Table 5 Determining factors of patients’ willingness to accept kidney transplant

From: Determinants of willingness to accept kidney transplantation among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana

 

Sensitivity Analysis

Logistic regression

Penalized maximum likelihood logistic regression

Poisson regression

aOR (95% CI)

P-value

aOR (95% CI)

P-value

aIRR (95% CI)

P-value

Heard about kidney transplant (Prior knowledge)

 

0.891

 

0.948

 

0.962

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

0.93 (0.38–2.28)

 

0.93 (0.4–2.16)

 

0.95 (0.66–1.39)

 

 Don’t Know/Not sure

1.81 (0.12–27.37)

 

1.36 (0.13–14.23)

 

1.06 (0.35–3.22)

 

Physician discussed transplant with patient,

 

0.809

 

0.801

 

0.912

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

1.1 (0.51–2.36)

 

1.1 (0.53–2.26)

 

1.02 (0.75–1.38)

 

Feel need to know more about Kidney transplant

 

0.456

 

0.614

 

0.840

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

3.18 (0.44–22.98)

 

2.32 (0.38–14.05)

 

1.19 (0.61–2.33)

 

 Don’t Know/Not sure

6.19 (0.18–214.6)

 

3.69 (0.14–96.66)

 

1.19 (0.36–3.97)

 

Willing to attend a class about kidney transplant

 

0.016*

 

0.034*

 

0.100

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

0.09 (0.01–0.63)

 

0.13 (0.02–0.77)

 

0.58 (0.27–1.24)

 

 Don’t Know/Not sure

0.02 (0.001–0.37)

 

0.03 (0.001–0.59)

 

0.4 (0.11–1.37)

 

Willingness to donate kidneys,

 

0.004**

 

0.005**

 

0.264

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

0.29 (0.13–0.64)

 

0.32 (0.15–0.68)

 

0.7 (0.45–1.11)

 

 Not sure

0.38 (0.16–0.91)

 

0.41 (0.18–0.93)

 

0.84 (0.56–1.25)

 

Can a living person donate kidney

 

< 0.001***

 

< 0.001***

 

0.015*

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

0.11 (0.02–0.76)

 

0.16 (0.03–0.87)

 

0.45 (0.11–1.87)

 

 Don’t Know/Not sure

0.1 (0.04–0.27)

 

0.13 (0.05–0.33)

 

0.4 (0.21–0.77)

 

Perception of quality of life after kidney transplant

 

0.004**

 

0.007**

 

0.173

 Incorrect

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Correct

3.11 (1.42–6.78)

 

2.76 (1.32–5.76)

 

1.32 (0.89–1.96)

 

Would you ask for a kidney donation

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001***

 

0.012*

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Yes

5.82 (2.53–13.43)

 

4.83 (2.19–10.65)

 

1.99 (1.16–3.42)

 
  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, CI Confidence interval, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, IRR Incidence risk ratio, Background characteristics controlled for in the models were age, sex, dialysis status, insurance status, wealth quintile, religion, insurance status,