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A Scoping Review for Strategies to Increase Living Kidney Donation.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The literature on strategies to increase the number of potential living kidney donors is extensive and has yet to be characterized. Scoping reviews are a novel methodology for systematically assessing a wide breadth of a given body of literature and may be done before conducting a more targeted systematic review.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We performed a scoping review and summarized the evidence for existing strategies to increase living kidney donation.

Results

Our review identified seven studies that tested interventions using rigorous methods (i.e., randomized, controlled trials) and outcome measures, all of which focused on using education targeted at potential recipients to increase living donation. Of these, two studies that targeted the potential recipients' close social network reported statistically significant results. Other interventions were identified, but their effect was assessed through quasiexperimental or observational study designs.

Conclusions

We identified an important gap in the literature for evidence-based strategies to increase living kidney donation. From the limited data available, strategies directed at potential recipients and their social networks are the most promising. These results can inform transplant programs that are considering strategies to increase living kidney donation and highlight the need for conduct of high-quality study to increase living donation.

SUBMITTER: Barnieh L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5586566 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Scoping Review for Strategies to Increase Living Kidney Donation.

Barnieh Lianne L Collister David D Manns Braden B Lam Ngan N NN Shojai Soroush S Lorenzetti Diane D Gill John S JS Klarenbach Scott S

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20170817 9

<h4>Background and objectives</h4>The literature on strategies to increase the number of potential living kidney donors is extensive and has yet to be characterized. Scoping reviews are a novel methodology for systematically assessing a wide breadth of a given body of literature and may be done before conducting a more targeted systematic review.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>We performed a scoping review and summarized the evidence for existing strategies to increase livi ...[more]

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A Scoping Review for Strategies to Increase Living Kidney Donation.

Background and objectives

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Results

Conclusions

Publications

A Scoping Review for Strategies to Increase Living Kidney Donation.

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