Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Culturally Sensitive Interventions to Improve African Americans and Non-African Americans Early Shared and Informed Consideration of Live Kidney Transplantation: The talking about Live Kidney Donation (TALK) study

摘要

BackgroundLive kidney transplantation (LKT) is underutilized, particularly among ethnic/racial minorities. The effectiveness of culturally sensitive educational and behavioral interventions to encourage patients' early, shared (with family and health care providers) and informed consideration of LKT and ameliorate disparities in consideration of LKT is unknown.