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SUBMITTER: Volk ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072737 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Volk Michael L ML Roney Meghan M Fagerlin Angela A
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 20140701 7
Prior studies have shown that patients are reluctant to accept donor-specific risks, and transplant professionals lack an effective and time-efficient means of obtaining informed consent. We designed and pilot-tested a Web-based patient decision aid (DA) on organ quality. The DA was administered to 53 liver transplant candidates (median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score = 14, range = 7-26), and they took a mean of 15 minutes to complete it. Questions about knowledge and attitudes were aske ...[more]