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- Title
Living Kidney Donor Knowledge of Provided Information and Informed Consent: The PRINCE Study †.
- Authors
Spoon, Emerentia Q. W.; Kortram, Kirsten; Ismail, Sohal Y.; Nieboer, Daan; d'Ancona, Frank C. H.; Christiaans, Maarten H. L.; Dam, Ruth E.; Hofker, Hendrik Sijbrand; Hoksbergen, Arjan W. J.; van der Pant, Karlijn Ami; Toorop, Raechel J.; van de Wetering, Jacqueline; Ijzermans, Jan N. M.; Dor, Frank J. M. F.
- Abstract
Background: Informed consent for living kidney donation is paramount, as donors are healthy individuals undergoing surgery for the benefit of others. The informed consent process for living kidney donors is heterogenous, and the question concerns how well they are actually informed. Knowledge assessments, before and after donor education, can form the basis for a standardized informed consent procedure for live kidney donation. Methods: In this prospective, a multicenter national cohort study conducted in all eight kidney transplant centers in The Netherlands, we assessed the current status of the informed consent practice for live donor nephrectomy. All of the potential living kidney donors in the participating centers were invited to participate. They completed a pop quiz during their first outpatient appointment (Cohort A). Living kidney donors completed the same pop quiz upon admission for donor nephrectomy (Cohort B). Results: In total, 656 pop quizzes were completed (417 in Cohort A, and 239 in Cohort B). The average donor knowledge score was 7.0/25.0 (±3.9, range 0–18) in Cohort A, and 10.5/25.0 (±2.8, range 0–17.5) in Cohort B. Cohort B scored significantly higher on overall knowledge, preparedness, and the individual item scores (p < 0.0001), except for the long-term complications (p = 0.91). Conclusions: Donor knowledge generally improves during the live donor workup, but it is still quite disappointing. Long-term complications, especially, deserve more attention during living kidney donor education.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; KIDNEY transplantation; NEPHRECTOMY; KIDNEYS; PRINCES; HEALTH literacy
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 3, p698
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm11030698