Articles tagged "Patient education"

2022 American Transplant Congress
International Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Transplant Candidates
Y. Caliskan¹, B. E. Hippen², D. Axelrod³, M. Schnitzler¹, K. Maher¹, T. Alhamad⁴, S. Anwar⁵, V. Kute⁶, K. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Transplant Medicine, Fresenius Medical Care, Charlotte, NC, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Sheikh Shakhbout Medical Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁶Dr. H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, India
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges and there are practice differences for solid organ transplant programs worldwide. We sought to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Programmatic Fidelity is Central to the Development of Virtual Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Educational Programs
A. Carter, H. Qu, R. Reed, A. C. Killian, V. Kumar, M. J. Hanaway, J. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The Living Donor Navigator program is designed to mitigate disparities in living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), though geographic disparities in program participation were observed…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Patient Feedback of a Patient and Family Decision Support Tool for Liver Organ Offer Decisions
C. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², M. Bruin³, S. Chinnakotla³, J. Lake³, A. Israni⁴
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, ³UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Hennepin Healthcare, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: For liver transplant candidates on the waiting list, deciding to accept a donor organ with known or potential risk factors can be stressful and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Live Donor Champion: Advocacy Training to Facilitate Identification of Living Liver Donors
L. R. Herbst, Y. Yu, A. Love, K. Lee, A. Wells, K. Mohr, A. Massie, A. Gurakar, B. King, D. L. Segev, A. M. Cameron, J. Garonzik Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates face several barriers to finding a potential live donor (PLD), such as lack of education or knowledge, or discomfort approaching others…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Lung Transplant Program Search Tool Tailored to Patient Characteristics
W. T. McKinney¹, C. R. Schaffhausen¹, M. Bruin², S. Chu², J. Snyder³, M. Hertz⁴, M. Valapour⁵, B. Kasiske⁶, A. Israni¹
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Criteria for selecting lung transplant candidates and donors vary between programs and evolve as clinical practice advances. This variation impacts patient outcomes and the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Factors Influencing Patients’ Decision Making About Upper Extremity Vca
B. Kuramitsu¹, J. Gacki-Smith¹, A. Ferzola², K. Vanterpool², C. Kunkle³, M. Hewitt³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, C. Cooney², M. Levan², S. Tintle³, G. Brandacher², E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: The informed consent process for upper extremity (UE) Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) has yet to be standardized. Consequently, the information provided to patients about…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Culturally Sensitive Report Card for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Results from Pilot Interviews and Focus Groups
W. T. McKinney¹, M. Bruin², B. Kasiske³, A. Matas⁴, A. K. Israni³
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation continue to negatively impact African American (AA) patients despite changes to deceased donor allocation practices. AA patients are overrepresented…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Challenges and Stressors of COVID-19 Kidney and Transplant Patients: A Mixed Methods Study
Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², E. H. Wood¹, S. M. Advani³, R. Pines⁴, A. D. Waterman¹
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
*Purpose: To assess the unique needs of at-risk kidney and transplant patients and their caregivers during COVID-19, we established a telephone Listening Center enabling them…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seeing is Believing: Efficacy of a Video-based Intervention in Improving Awareness of Skin Cancer Risk for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
E. Shah¹, S. Michalak¹, R. Haughton¹, B. Fernandez¹, I. Ahronowitz²
¹Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Our research focuses on the efficacy of using a novel video-based intervention to educate solid organ transplant recipients on their increased risk of skin…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Transplant Education Increases CKD 3-5 Patients’ Knowledge and Informed Decision-Making About Chronic Kidney Disease and Living Donor Kidney Transplant
A. D. Waterman¹, S. H. Kawakita², B. Dub³, Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², T. Menser⁴, B. Mittman³
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, ⁴The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, CA
*Purpose: Early education about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) outside of transplant centers is inconsistent, with patients in CKD 3…