TABLE 7.

Barriers to routine sociodemographic variable collection

Barriers to routine sociodemographic variable collection	Present
Lack of cultural sensitivity training	5 of 10
Lack of training in sociodemographic variable collection	4 of 10
Competing priorities having to gather other workups during the organ donation workup	4 of 10
Discomfort asking patients sensitive questions	3 of 10
Discomfort asking SDMs sensitive questions	3 of 10
Concern that asking sensitive questions could degrade trust in the therapeutic relationship	3 of 10
Sociodemographic variables not being relevant to the clinical care of the patient or potential donor	3 of 10
Concern that asking sensitive questions could decrease the likelihood of consent for donation	1 of 10
Lack of involvement with patient advocacy services during the organ donation interaction	1 of 10
Insufficient privacy in the clinical environment for sensitive questions	1 of 10
Discomfort asking about equity-focused demographics in systematically oppressed or equity-deserving groups because healthcare team members represent privileged groups	1 of 10
Increased burden of time spent collecting sociodemographic variables	1 of 10
Nonrelevance of sociodemographic variables to performance metrics	1 of 10

SDM, substitute decision-maker.