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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Potential living kidney donors’ positive experiences of an information letter from healthcare: a descriptive qualitative study

 

Interviewed (n = 15)

Declined participation

(n = 15)

Total population who received LD-letter

(n = 49)

Gender

9 women/6 men

10 women/5 men

30 women/19 men

Age (a)

- 41–50

2

  

- 51–60

5

  

- 61–70

6

  

- > 70

2

  

Relationship to patient with kidney disease

- Parent

5

2

9

- Sibling

6

4

20

- Partner

3

4

10

- Child

0

3

5

- Friend

0

1

2

- Other

1

1

3

Year received letter

- 2013

0

2

3

- 2014

3

3

13

- 2015

5

4

17

- 2016

3

3

6

- 2017

0

2

3

- 2018

3

2

6

- 2019

1

0

1

  1. (a) Information about age was collected via a questionnaire that the participants answered during the interview. Thus, information about age is not available for non-participants.