Table 2.
Donors Tested (n=29) | No Donors Tested (n= 62) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Potential Donor Characteristics | |||
Age, mean (SD) | 35.0 (17.3) | 38.3 (15.7) | 0.6 |
Female | 55.2% | 50.0% | 0.6 |
US resident | 100.0% | 79.5% | 0.02 |
Personal Information Reported | |||
Age | 48.3% | 25.8% | 0.04 |
Location | 89.7% | 62.9% | 0.01 |
Cause of kidney disease | 62.1% | 33.9% | 0.02 |
Blood type | 79.3% | 56.5% | 0.04 |
Photograph of potential recipient | 90.0% | 69.4% | 0.04 |
Link to personal website | 31.0% | 6.5% | 0.01 |
Mention of family/friends ability to donate | 34.5% | 21.0% | 0.2 |
Currently on dialysis | 48.3% | 41.9% | 0.6 |
Previous transplant | 20.7% | 11.3% | 0.3 |
Transplant Information | |||
Mentioned paired kidney donation | 27.6% | 17.7% | 0.3 |
Mentioned the length of the waiting list | 31.0% | 17.7% | 0.2 |
Link to appropriate transplant website | 58.6% | 27.4% | 0.01 |
Mentioned risks of donation | 10.3% | 3.2% | 0.2 |
Mentioned costs of donation | 17.2% | 9.7% | 0.4 |
Web Traffic Information | |||
≥ 200 likes | 60.7% | 8.1% | <0.001 |
≥ 25 wall posts by page author | 69.0% | 3.2% | <0.001 |
≥ 25 wall posts by others | 72.4% | 4.8% | <0.001 |
Encouraged others to “spread the word” | 79.3% | 41.9% | 0.001 |
Composite Scores ¶ | |||
Personal information score, mean (SD) | 5.0 (1.1) | 3.5 (1.2) | <0.001 |
Transplant information score, mean (SD) | 1.2 (1.0) | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.01 |
Page Traffic score, mean (SD) | 1.3 (0.9) | 0.1 (0.4) | <0.001 |
The personal information score gave a point for including each of the following: photograph of the potential recipient, age, cause of kidney disease, blood type, location, link to a personal website, and mention of family/friends’ ability to donate (score 0–7; 7=most personal information provided).
The transplant information score gave a point for: mention of length of transplant waiting list, paired kidney donation, and provision of a transplant website (score 0–3; 3=all factors used in page). Page traffic score gave a point for each of the following criteria: ≥ 25 posts by others, and ≥ 200 likes (score 0–2; 2=highest traffic).
Abbreviations: SD (standard deviation)