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ArticleJournal of clinical nursing2018

Spirituality and religiosity of non-directed (altruistic) living kidney donors.

Ariella Maghen, Grecia B Vargas, Sarah E Connor, Sima Nassiri, Elisabeth M Hicks, Lorna Kwan, Amy D Waterman, Sally L Maliski, Jeffrey L Veale

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Article in Journal of clinical nursing, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ariella MaghenDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-7071
Grecia B VargasDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sarah E ConnorDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sima NassiriDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elisabeth M HicksDepartment of Family Medicine, Research Section, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Lorna KwanDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Amy D WatermanDivision of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sally L MaliskiOffice of the Dean, University of Kansas, Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Jeffrey L VealeDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

A Mixed Methods Approach to Understand Donor ChoiceR21NR014349 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MALISKI, SALLY L, VEALE, JEFFREY LORNE · 2014 to 2015
$418k
NINR NIH HHS R21 NR014349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AIMS AND

objectivesTo describe the spirituality and religiosity of 30 non-directed (altruistic) living kidney donors in the USA and explore how they may have affected their motivations to donate and donation process experiences.

backgroundThe rise in non-directed donors and their ability to initiate kidney chains offer a novel approach to help alleviate the overextended kidney transplant wait list in the USA. However, little is known about the non-directed donors' motivations, characteristics and experiences.

designWe conducted a qualitative-dominant study and used a grounded theory approach to analyse data.

methodsThirty participants completed in-depth interviews between April 2013-April 2015. Three analysts independently read and coded interview transcripts. Grounded theory techniques were used to develop descriptive categories and identify topics related to the non-directed donors donation experience.

resultsSixteen of the 30 non-directed donorss discussed the topic of spirituality and religiosity when describing their donation experiences, regardless of whether they were actively practising a religion at the time of donation. Specifically, three themes were identified within spirituality and religiosity: motivation to donate, support in the process, and justification of their donation decisions postdonation.

conclusionsFindings from this study are the first to describe how spirituality and religiosity influenced the experiences of U.S. non-directed donorss and may help improve non-directed donors educational resources for future spiritual or religious non-directed donors, and the overall non-directed donors donation experience in efforts to increase the living donor pool. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Spirituality and religiosity are often overlooked yet potentially influential factors in Western medicine, as demonstrated through the experiences of Jehovah's Witnesses and their religious restrictions while undergoing surgery and the beliefs of Christian Scientists against taking medications and receiving medical procedures. Understanding needs of non-directed donors specifically with spirituality and religiosity can better position kidney transplant centres and teams to improve predonation screening of non-directed donor candidates and provide support services during the donation process.

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AltruismDecision MakingMotivationSpiritualityAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChristianityFemaleHumansKidney TransplantationLiving DonorsMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchUnited Statesbeliefsdecision-makinggrounded theoryhealth services researchqualitative studytransplantation

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PMID29266612
PMCPMC6686899
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