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PROGRESS IN TRANSPLANTATION
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 263-270出版社
INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS
DOI: 10.7182/pit2014958
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- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases A Program to Increase Living Donations in African Americans. [R01 DK06259]
Context-Health literacy affects a patient's ability to navigate through the system of care for late-stage kidney disease, including evaluation, waiting, and recovering from kidney transplant. Objectives-To develop and provide a preliminary evaluation of a knowledge and decision-making capacity tool, which is a component of health literacy. Design-Cross-sectional design with purposive sampling. Setting-Vascular access, dialysis, and outpatient transplant clinics. Methods-A Decision-Making Capacity Assessment Tool (DMCAT) was developed and administered to 127 adults at different stages in the kidney care process. Results-The DMCAT tool is positively and significantly correlated to the other 2 previously validated instruments and accounts for more variance than the other 2 tools in the regression models. We found significant differences in patients' health literacy and decision-making capacity related to their stage of care. Decision-making capacity appeared to be an important component of health literacy and should be considered as health care providers tailor care to meet patients' needs. (C) 2014 NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals
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