Table 2.
Ref. | No. of Participants | Outcomes | Direction of Effect | P Value | Risk of Bias | ||||||
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Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Random Sequence Generation | Allocation Concealment | Blinding of Outcome Assessment | No Incomplete Outcome Data | No Selective Reporting | |||
No. of living donor transplants | |||||||||||
Rodrigue et al. (16) | 63 | 69 | 33 | 21 | + | 0.01 | ? | ? | ? | X | ? |
Ismail et al. (19) | 39b | 41b | 17 | 4 | + | 0.003 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No. of living donor evaluations | |||||||||||
Rodrigue et al. (16) | 63 | 69 | 38 | 24 | + | 0.005 | ? | ? | ? | X | ? |
Ismail et al. (19) | 39 | 41 | 25 | 7 | + | <0.001 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No. of contacts with transplant center from potential living donors | |||||||||||
Barnieh et al. (18) | 50 | 50 | 4 | 2 | + | >0.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Rodrigue et al. (16) | 63 | 69 | 52 | 44 | + | 0.02 | ? | ? | ? | X | ? |
Ismail et al. (19) | 39b | 41b | 29 | 13 | + | <0.001 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
No. of potential donors asked | |||||||||||
Pradel et al. (17) | 107 | 107 | 26 | 35 | — | NR | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ? |
No. of potential donors identified | |||||||||||
Boulware et al. (20)c | 43 | 44 | 12 | 10 | + | >0.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Discussion of living donation | |||||||||||
Pradel et al. (17) | 107 | 107 | 57 | 53 | + | NR | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ? |
Boulware et al. (20) | 43 | 44 | 20 | 11 | + | 0.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Stated intent to engage in living donation | |||||||||||
Piccoli et al. (14) | 808 | 659 | 595 | 485 | = | NR | ? | ✓ | ? | X | ? |
Thornton et al. (15) | 443 | 509 | 96%a | 97%a | = | NR | ? | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
+, positive direction of effect in favor of the intervention; ?, unclear risk of bias; X, high risk of bias; ✓, low risk of bias; —, negative direction of effect in favor of the intervention; NR, not reported; =, means that there is no difference in the direction of effect between the two groups.
Only proportion reported.
Population after censoring for death and deceased donor transplant.
Intervention without social worker.