Transplant professionals were surveyed using an instrument designed to assess attitudes toward living donation and LDKEPs. Most questions were answered on a Likert scale (1 = strongly agree, 5 = strongly disagree).
Respondents agreed that living donor transplantation should be encouraged (mean 1.17 ± 0.6) and that the laparoscopic donor procedure was preferred (1.36 ± 0.82). Respondents had largely read about KEPs (2.02 ± 1.02) but had “thought about participating in KEPs” (2.57 ± 1.26), or actively sought information (2.87 ± 1.3) to lesser degrees. Despite this, significant indecisiveness existed regarding participation in LDKEPs (2.73 ± 1.39).
Transplant professionals are highly aware of LDKEPs. However, they remain indecisive about LDKEP participation. These results indicate that barriers exist in the transplant community toward LDKEP, and these must be defined to increase LDKEP acceptance and participation.