University of California, Irvine
The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to learn if telemedicine can be used to provide education and evaluation and counseling for people who are considering living kidney donation. The study will also learn how participants improve decision-making about living kidney donation. The main questions to answer are: * Is telemedicine a practical way to facilitate donor education and evaluation and counseling? * Does telemedicine shared decision making help improve donor candidate decision and engagement during the donor evaluation process? Researchers will compare standard care with a telemedicine care coordination approach. Participants will: \- Receive either standard care or telemedicine video visits to support shared decision making.
Living kidney donation provides a vital treatment option for patients with kidney failure, but many willing individuals face challenges in completing the donor evaluation and committing to donation. Donor education and counseling are essential for informed decision-making, yet these steps are often limited to in-person visits at transplant centers. This can create logistical challenges, delays, and variations in access to the living donor evaluation process. Telemedicine offers an opportunity to deliver a shared decision making approach to donor education and evaluation and counseling remotely…
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * Reside in the State of California * Registered living kidney donor candidate at UC Irvine Medical Center Exclusion Criteria: \- Individuals with a contraindication to living kidney donation (for example, heart disease, cancer)
This Standard Care involves a recorded video education and in-person visit.
This intervention involves two live telemedicine video visits.
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