Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation
T. Giordano¹, L. Suplee², J. L. Weinstock³, R. D. Hasz⁴, H. M. Nathan⁵
¹Family Support Manager, Caregiver Lifeline Program, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA, ²Director, Transplant Information Center, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vice President and General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Vice President of Clinical Services, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
“By the Time They Get to Me, I’ll Be Dead Anyway” – A Mixed-Methods Examination of Treatment Education & Decision-Making among Patients with Varying Amounts of Pre-End-Stage Renal Disease Nephrology Care
M. Urbanski¹, L. Dumenci¹, C. Gadegbeku², L. Siminoff¹, A. Waterman³, H. Gardiner¹
¹College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ³UCLA, Division of Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore renal replacement therapy (RRT) knowledge and decision-making experiences and preferences among patients with varying amounts of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Frailty and Cognitive Impairment at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation
J. Klein, A. Jurgensen, M. Gupta, N. Herrera, A. Gupta, D. Cibrik
Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in kidney disease, with prevalence estimates as high as 73% in patients at the time of dialysis initiation compared to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Regimen Adherence for Kidney Recipients by Engaging Information Technologies: Update on the Take It Trial
E. Yoon¹, S. Hurr¹, L. Curtis¹, D. Ladner², S. Nair³, M. S. Wolf¹
¹Center for Applied Health Research on Aging (CAHRA), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: In 2017, the TAKE IT trial began its evaluation of a multifaceted, technology-enabled, transplant center-based intervention to monitor medication adherence behaviors among Kidney Transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of New Measures of Self-Efficacy and Decision-Making for Living Donors
A. D. Waterman¹, D. Peipert², J. L. Beaumont³, F. Weng⁴
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Kidney transplants from living donors (LD) impart the best clinical outcomes but have declined substantially over the past 15 years. To intervene with LDs…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Community Affluence Impacts Patient Survival Post Liver Transplantation
D. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with end stage liver disease with excellent patients and grafts long term outcomes. Many recipient disease…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Computer Adaptive Testing Depression Item Bank in Kidney Transplant Recipients
V. Shah¹, A. Rezaeishahreza¹, E. Lui¹, R. Aser¹, S. Bartlett², M. Li¹, D. Howell¹, J. Peipert³, M. Novak¹, I. Mucsi¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the PROMIS Depression computerized adaptive test (PROMIS-D CAT) in relation to a legacy measure in adult Kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Medical and Psychosocial Reasons for Deferral and Denial Following Kidney Transplant Evaluation at a VA Transplant Center
D. Katz¹, E. Siniff², M. L. Sanders³, P. Manay¹, P. Ten Eyck⁴
¹Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Transplant, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ³Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴ICTS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: VA kidney transplant patients present challenges that may limit their listing opportunities in the private sector. We sought to study the medical and psychosocial…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Care Processes and Structures Associated with Higher Medication Adherence: The Positive Adherence Study
A. Dabirzadeh¹, B. Foster¹, M. Dahhou¹, S. Mital²
¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: We aimed to identify care processes and structures that are independently associated with higher medication adherence among adolescent and young adult transplant recipients.*Methods: We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Decision-Making of 2576 Potential Living Kidney Donors of Different Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds
A. Waterman¹, G. H. Kim¹, Y. Cui², O. N. Ranasinghe¹, J. L. Beaumont², D. Adey³, U. Reddy⁴, B. Campbell⁵, F. L. Weng⁶
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, ⁵Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: To better understand racial/ethnic disparities associated with kidney living donation, this study examined differences in potential living kidney donors’ decision-making, resistance to donation, and…