Subjects in the control arm will undergo usual pre-transplant counseling as per the standard of care.

Subjects in the intervention arm will undergo an additional pretransplant counseling session along with members of their social support networks between 2-12 weeks after their initial transplant evaluation and counseling

Pilot social support counseling intervention for kidney transplant candidates along with their social support networks

Question key (true/false, multiple choice)

1. A patient on dialysis has the same level of kidney functioning as a patient with a transplanted kidney.
2. In general, patients can live at least 5 years longer with a kidney transplant than if they stayed on dialysis.
3. In general, most people on dialysis are happier with the quality of their lives than people with transplants.
4. Patients have better health outcomes if they receive a transplant before starting dialysis.
5. If a patient waits long enough on the waitlist, a matching kidney from someone who has died will definitely become available.
6. About what percentage of all transplanted kidneys function for at least one year?
7. Nationally, how long do patients generally wait on the waitlist for a kidney from someone who has died?
8. Compared to transplants from donors who have died, how long do transplants from living donors last?
9. What is the chance that a living donor or recipient would die undergoing surgery?

questionnaire (Ottawa Decisional Conflict scale)

Subjects in the control arm will undergo usual pre-transplant counseling as per the standard of care.

Question key (true/false, multiple choice)

1. A patient on dialysis has the same level of kidney functioning as a patient with a transplanted kidney.
2. In general, patients can live at least 5 years longer with a kidney transplant than if they stayed on dialysis.
3. In general, most people on dialysis are happier with the quality of their lives than people with transplants.
4. Patients have better health outcomes if they receive a transplant before starting dialysis.
5. If a patient waits long enough on the waitlist, a matching kidney from someone who has died will definitely become available.
6. About what percentage of all transplanted kidneys function for at least one year?
7. Nationally, how long do patients generally wait on the waitlist for a kidney from someone who has died?
8. Compared to transplants from donors who have died, how long do transplants from living donors last?
9. What is the chance that a living donor or recipient would die undergoing surgery?

Subjects in the control arm will undergo usual pre-transplant counseling as per the standard of care.