Readiness of Black Patients on the Waitlist to Pursue Transplant

What is it about?

For adults with end-stage kidney disease, live donor kidney transplant (LDKT) has better outcomes than long-term dialysis and deceased donor kidney transplant. However, black patients receive LDKT at a much lower rate than adults of any other race or ethnicity. The objective of this research was to examine the LDKT readiness stage of black patients on the transplant waiting list and its association with LDKT knowledge, concerns, and willingness.

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Why is it important?

The large percentage of black patients who are in the earlier stages of LDKT readiness may account for the low rate of living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) in this patient population at the transplant center studied. Innovative and tailored LDKT educational strategies for black patients are needed to help reduce racial disparities in LDKT.