Storytelling to Promote Living Donor Kidney Transplant

The Living Donation Storytelling Project (LDSP) is an online video library of living donation first-person narratives aiming to inspire more people to consider LDKT (https://livingdonationstories.org/).17 As of 2020, the library has 118 stories from living donors and kidney recipients sharing their experiences with the pursuit, challenges and outcomes of transplant.18,19 Four videos were selected from the LDSP and edited to standardized duration and thematic content. Videos were cut to three minutes in length and covered the topics of 1) challenges faced when seeking LDKT, 2) life after LDKT and 3) advice for other patients considering LDKT.

Standard of care patient education materials include verbal didactic offered during the surgical consult and pamphlets produced by Vancouver Coastal Health.