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. 2022 Dec 6;2022(12):CD012026. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012026.pub2

Waterman 2015.

Methods Study design
  • Parallel RCT


Duration of study
  • Not reported


Duration of follow‐up
  • 10 months

Participants General information
  • Setting: multicentre

  • Country: USA

  • Inclusion criteria: 18 to 74 years; self‐identify as Black or White race; currently on dialysis; household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level; able to speak and read in English

  • Exclusion criteria: visual and/or hearing impairment; has had a previous kidney transplant; has previously told that they are not a candidate for transplant


Baseline characteristics
  • Enrolment target: 180

  • Sex (M/F): both

  • Stage of CKD: ESKD on HD

Interventions
  • Standard‐of‐care transplant education provided by the dialysis centre

  • Patient‐guided explore transplant at home program

  • Health educator‐guided explore transplant at home program

Outcomes "Transplant knowledge, decisional balance, self‐efficacy, informed decision‐making, decisional conflict, and any steps they may have taken to learn about staying on dialysis, DDKT, or LDKT"
Notes Conflict of interest
  • "no competing interests"


Funding source
  • "supported by the Human Resources and Services Administration [4R39OT26843‐01‐02] and by the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant [UL1TR000124]"