The Strength of Weak Ties and Living Donor Offers: A Multi-Site Social Network Analysis of Hemodialysis Patients: PO2495

摘要: Background:Increasing the rate of living donor kidney transplantation is crucial. Little is known about hemodialysis patients' social networks and the members who offer to donate yet are never evaluated.Methods:We administered a REDCap social network survey in an urban (Philadelphia) and suburban (North Brunswick) hemodialysis clinic. We asked participants to identify their social network members, who offered to donate, whose offers were accepted, and who got tested. We analyzed the associations between living donor offers and the size and strength of the connections in the networks. Strongly connected members are those connected to greater than 2/3 of the other network members.Results:A total of 105 patients participated. Their mean age was 60+/-13 years. Half (54%) identified as male and 75% identified as black. Half were on the waiting list or undergoing testing (56%). The mean size of the …