House Calls and Peer Mentorship

The primary outcome for this study is the proportion of enrolled patients with live donor kidney transplants after 1 year.

A secondary outcome for the study is the proportion of enrolled patients with a live donor evaluation at the one-year endpoint. A live donor evaluation is defined as the completion of a transplant evaluation to determine whether a potential living donor is eligible to donate.

A secondary outcome for the study is proportion of enrolled patients with live donor inquiries at the one-year endpoint. A live donor inquiry is when an individual contacts the transplant center to express interest in living donation, regardless of when they complete the entire live donor evaluation.

An improvement in patient knowledge is measured by the change in score of a scored instrument, the Living Donation Kidney Transplant Knowledge Scale (LDKT-K). The LDKT-K is a scored true or false questionnaire that tests patient's knowledge on living donation. A higher score indicates that a participant answered more questions correctly.

Improvement in patient readiness to pursue LDKT is measured by a scored instrument, the Living Donation Kidney Transplant Readiness Scale (LDKT-R). The LDKT-R is a 5-point scale where patient's self report their readiness to pursue living donation and where in the process they are (i.e., they are beginning to think about living donation, have spoken with potential donors, etc.) A higher score on this assessment indicates greater readiness to pursue LDKT.

Reduction in patient mistrust towards the health care system is measured through a scale, the Health Care Distrust Scale (HCDS). This scale is a 5-point Likert scale that measures the degree of agreement patients have on statements regarding their trust of the medical system. For example, one such statement reads "the health care systems lie to make money." A higher score on this assessment indicates higher levels of mistrust of the health care system.

Patient's concerns towards LDKT is measured using a 5-point scale, the Living Donation Kidney Transplant Concerns scale (LDKT-C) where patients indicate their level of concern towards common concerns patients have regarding living donation. A higher score on this assessment indicates higher levels of concern towards living donation.

The time patients speak with others about LDKT and whether these interactions are of higher quality compared to pre-intervention is measured through a self-report instrument, Talking About Living Donation (TaLKeD), that asks the cumulative time patient's spoke with others (family, friends, etc.) about living donation and their perceived quality of these interactions (poor, fair, good, very good, excellent).

Patient's self-efficacy towards doing activities to pursue LDKT (e.g. willingness and confidence to approach others for donation, following-up with potential donors) is measured through a self-report instrument, the Living Donation Kidney Transplant Self-Efficacy (LDKT-SE) scale. A higher score on this assessment indicates higher self-efficacy for patients pursuing LDKT.