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Articles tagged "Patient education"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Educational Attainment On Kidney Transplant Outcomes By Race

    A. Aguirre-Alarcon,1 P. Friedmann,1 A. Gregg,2 L. Kayler.3

    1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; 2University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 3Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

    Educational attainment is associated with disparities in graft and recipient survival in kidney transplant (KTX) candidates; however, the impact of educational status within racial groups…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Closing the Knowledge Gap: The Successful Launch of an Interactive Website Dedicated to Information on Living Kidney Donor Transplantation

    D. Slaats,1 W. Zuidema,1 J. van de Wetering,1 D. Hesselink,1 T. Terkivatan,2 M. Betjes.1

    1Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction. The internet is increasingly used to find reliable information about living kidney donation (LKD) and transplantation (LKT). Therefore, an easily accessible, interactive website was…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Controlling for Socioeconomic Barriers Reduces Racial Disparities in Transplant Pursuit

    A. Waterman,1 J. Peipert,1 C. Kynard-Amerson,1 A.-M. McSorley,1 A. Paiva,2 M. Robbins,2 L. Peace.3

    1David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; 3Missouri Kidney Program, Columbia, MO.

    Compared to White dialysis patients, Black patients experience more socioeconomic barriers (SEBs) including higher financial insecurity and worse health insurance. To examine how SEBs affect…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Educating the Less Prepared: Transplant Knowledge and Decision-Making Differences by Race at Onset of Evaluation

    A. Waterman,1 J. Peipert,1 S. Brann,2 C. Kynard-Amerson,1 M. Robbins,3 A. Paiva,3 A. Gaber.2

    1David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston, TX; 3University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

    Racial minorities have higher rates of kidney failure than Whites but are less likely to receive kidney transplants. This study described each race/ethnic groups' level…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Potential of E-Health to Improve Adherence: Exploring the Patients' View

    D. Slaats,1 M. Tielen,1 M. Laging,1 T. van Gelder,2 W. Weimar,1 E. Massey.1

    1Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Internal Medicine and Hospital Pharmacology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction. Transplant outcomes can be negatively influenced by medication nonadherence. Therefore, there is a need for effective interventions to improve adherence. In recent years due…
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